Familial Factors in the Association between Preeclampsia and Later ESRD
Author(s) -
Bjørn Egil Vikse,
Lorentz M. Irgens,
S. Ananth Karumanchi,
Ravi Thadhani,
Anna Varberg Reisæter,
Rolv Skjærven
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.01820212
Subject(s) - preeclampsia , medicine , relative risk , sibling , obstetrics , norwegian , cohort study , cohort , population , pregnancy , confidence interval , environmental health , genetics , philosophy , biology , developmental psychology , psychology , linguistics
Women with preeclampsia have increased risk of developing ESRD. This study assessed whether this can be explained by preeclampsia itself or by familial aggregation of common risk factors.
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