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ArticleJournal of obesity & metabolic syndrome2025

Separating the Effects of Early-Life and Adult Body Size on Chronic Kidney Disease Risk: A Mendelian Randomization Study.

Xunliang Li, Wenman Zhao, Haifeng Pan, Deguang Wang

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Article in Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Xunliang LiDepartment of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Wenman ZhaoDepartment of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Haifeng PanDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Deguang WangDepartment of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4799-3241

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Abstract

Background: Whether there is a causal relationship between childhood obesity and increased risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) remains controversial. This study sought to explore how body size in childhood and adulthood independently affects CKD risk in later life using a Mendelian randomization (MR) approach. Methods: Univariate and multivariate MR was used to estimate total and independent effects of body size exposures. Genetic associations with early-life and adult body size were obtained from a genome-wide association study of 453,169 participants in the U.K. Biobank, and genetic associations with CKD were obtained from the CKDGen and FinnGen consortia. Results: A larger genetically predicted early-life body size was associated with an increased risk of CKD (odds ratio [OR], 1.27; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.14 to 1.41; Conclusion: Our research indicates that the significant correlation between early-life body size and CKD risk is likely due to maintaining a large body size into adulthood.

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Chronic kidney diseaseEpidemiologyMendelian randomizationObesityRisk factors

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PMID39800332
PMCPMC11799605

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