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ArticleDiabetologia2025

Birthweight and risk of chronic kidney disease after a type 2 diabetes diagnosis in the DD2 cohort.

Aleksander L Hansen, Christian F Christiansen, Charlotte Brøns, Leonie M Engelhard, Torben Hansen, Jens S Nielsen, Peter Vestergaard, Kurt Højlund, Niels Jessen, Michael H Olsen and 4 more

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Aleksander L HansenSteno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark. aleksander.hansen@regionh.dk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9514-8942
Christian F ChristiansenDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, and Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0727-953X
Charlotte BrønsSteno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6653-9020
Leonie M EngelhardSteno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-9496-1297
Torben HansenNovo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8748-3831
Jens S NielsenSteno Diabetes Center Odense, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3179-1186
Peter VestergaardSteno Diabetes Center North Denmark, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9046-2967
Kurt HøjlundSteno Diabetes Center Odense, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0891-4224
Niels JessenSteno Diabetes Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5613-7274
Michael H OlsenDepartment of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2230-5780
Henrik T SørensenDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, and Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4299-7040
Peter RossingSteno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1531-4294
Reimar W ThomsenDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, and Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9135-3474
Allan VaagSteno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark. allan.vaag@med.lu.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3690-2191

Funding

Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education 09-067009Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education 09-075724Novo Nordisk Fonden NNF17SA0030364Novo Nordisk Fonden NNF17SA0030962-2Novo Nordisk Fonden NNF18CC0034900Novo Nordisk Fonden NNF20O0063292Novo Nordisk Fonden NNF23SA0084103
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Abstract

aims/hypothesisLow birthweight (LBW) is associated with younger age, less obesity and more hypertension among people recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, as well as increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality risk. It is not known whether LBW is associated with an increased risk of incident chronic kidney disease (CKD) among people with a type 2 diabetes diagnosis.

methodsOriginal midwife records were retrieved for 5982 participants with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes enrolled in the Danish Center for Strategic Research in Type 2 Diabetes (DD2) cohort between 2010 and 2024. They were followed until first incident CKD diagnosis, defined as either two eGFR measurements <60 ml/min per 1.73m

resultsA total of 1501 incident CKD endpoints occurred, corresponding to an incidence rate of 42.4 per 1000 person-years over a median follow-up time of 8.3 years. Spline models with birthweight as a continuous measure showed progressively increasing aHRs for CKD with decreasing birthweight. The 10-year standardised risk of CKD was 36.0% in people with LBW (<2500 g) and 30.6% in people with a normal birthweight (2500-4000 g), yielding a risk difference (RD) of 5.5% (95% CI -0.5%, 11.8%) and an aHR of 1.23 (95% CI 0.98, 1.55). People with type 2 diabetes and high birthweight (>4000 g) had a similar 10-year standardised CKD risk compared with normal birthweight (33.1% and 30.6%, respectively). This yielded an RD of 2.5% (95% CI -1.6%, 6.7%) and an aHR of 1.10 (95% CI 0.93, 1.29). In mixed-effects models examining eGFR and UACR trajectories, each 1 kg decrease in birthweight was associated with a 6.6% (95% CI 1.9, 11.1) increase in UACR, whereas no association was found for eGFR. CONCLUSIONS/

interpretationA history of LBW was associated with elevated risk of CKD among people with a recent type 2 diabetes diagnosis, although the precision of risk estimates was limited.

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Birth WeightDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Renal Insufficiency, ChronicAdultAgedCohort StudiesDenmarkFemaleGlomerular Filtration RateHumansIncidenceInfant, Low Birth WeightInfant, NewbornMaleMiddle AgedRisk FactorsBirthweightChronic kidney diseaseCohort studyEpidemiologyFetal programmingType 2 diabetes

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