Risk of kidney disease following a pregnancy complicated by diabetes: a longitudinal, population-based data-linkage study among Aboriginal women in the Northern Territory, Australia
A/Prof Federica Barzi is senior author on a new paper that investigated the risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD) or end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) among Aboriginal women in the Northern Territory of Australia after a pregnancy complicated by diabetes.
Risk factors of interest were gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) or pre-existing type 2 diabetes mellitus. The study concluded that women with GDM or pre-existing diabetes during pregnancy are at much greater high risk of developing CKD and ESKD than women without diabetes in pregnancy.
Pregnancy presents an important opportunity to identify kidney disease risk. Strategies to prevent kidney disease and address the social determinants of health are needed.
Hare, Matthew J.L., Maple-Brown, Louise J., Shaw, Jonathan E., Boyle, Jacqueline A., Lawton, Paul D., Barr, Elizabeth L.M., Guthridge, Steven, Webster, Vanya, Hampton, Denella, Singh, Gurmeet, Dyck, Roland F., and Barzi, Federica (2023). Risk of kidney disease following a pregnancy complicated by diabetes: a longitudinal, population-based data-linkage study among Aboriginal women in the Northern Territory, Australia. Diabetologia 1-10.
