Effect of birth weight on adulthood renal function: A bias-adjusted meta-analytic approach

Nephrology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 547-565

  Das, Sumon Kumar ^a,c   Mannan, Munim ^a   Faruque, Abu Syed Golam ^c   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^c   McIntyre, Harold David ^a,b   Al Mamun, Abdullah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MATER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

birth weight; meta analysis; renal function; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

ADULTHOOD; ALBUMIN CREATININE RATIO; AMERICAN; ASIAN; AUSTRALIAN; CANADA; CANADIAN; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; EUROPEAN; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84976564875     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: 14401797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nep.12732     Document Type: Review

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