Birth weight predicts both proteinuria and overweight/obesity in a rural population of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians

• Published in: Journal of developmental origins of health and disease Vol. 4; no. 2; pp. 139 - 145
• Main Authors: Oster, R. T., Luyckx, V. A., Toth, E. L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.04.2013
• Subjects: Adults; Age; Birth weight; Blood pressure; Body mass index; Brief Report; Cardiovascular disease; Cholesterol; Clinical medicine; Diabetes; Ethnicity; Health risk assessment; Hemoglobin; Hypertension; Inuit; Kidney diseases; Native North Americans; Obesity; Reproductive health; Rural areas; Systematic review; Urine; Womens health; Working groups; Canada; renal; birth weight; type 2 diabetes; aboriginal health; programming

The risk for many chronic diseases appears to be mediated in part by birth weight. Among Aboriginal Canadians, the prevalence of end-stage renal disease and cardiovascular disease risk is disproportionately high, largely because of elevated diabetes prevalence. The relationships between birth weight...