|
| Blood pressure |
| Authors | Number and sex of participants | Weeks gestational age at birth | Age of subjects at examination (years) | Major findings in participants born preterm |
|
| Cooper et al. [83] | 7847
Males and females | <37 | 44–45 | Higher DBP
Inverse association between GA and systolic BP |
|
| Bonamy et al. [86] | 60
Males and females | ≤30 | 7–12 | Higher SBP and heart rate
Lower dermal capillary density |
|
| Dalziel et al. [92] | 458
Males and females | 32–35 | 30 | Higher SBP
Insulin resistance |
|
| Keijzer-Veen et al. [79] | 82
Males and females | <32 | 20 | Higher SBP |
|
| Lawlor et al. [82] | 386,485
Males | 35–44 | 18 | Both birthweight and GA inversely correlated with systolic blood pressure |
|
| Bonamy et al. [87] | 66
Females | 23–34 | 16.5 | Higher brachial and aortic blood pressures (DBP and SBP)
Narrower abdominal aortas
Increased vascular resistance |
|
| Hack et al. [81] | 195
Males and females | 30 | 20 | Higher systolic blood pressure |
|
| Johansson et al. [80] | 404,306
Males | 24–43 | 18 | Higher SBP |
|
| Keijzer-Veen et al. [78] | 596
Males and females | <32 | 19 | Increased prevalence of high blood pressure |
|
| Doyle et al. [77] | 270
Males and females | 24–36
| 18.6
| Higher SBP and DBP |
|
| Stevenson et al. [85] | 128
Males and females | 26–37 | 15 | Higher SBP |
|
| Kistner et al. [76] | 50
Females | 28–32 | 23–26 | Higher SBP and DBP |
|
| Siewert-Delle and Ljungman [84] | 430
Males | 30–37 | 49 | SBP inversely related to gestational age |
|
| Renal function |
| Authors | Number and sex of participants | Weeks of gestational age at birth (range) | Age of subjects at examination (years) | Major findings in participants born preterm |
|
| Kwinta et al. [89] | 116
Males and females | 26–29 | 6–7 | Increased serum cystatin-C levels
Decreased kidney volume
No difference in microalbuminuria |
|
| Zaffanello et al. [90] | 69
Males and females | 26–31 | 5–6 | Urine α1-microglobulin levels significantly increased in
ELBW versus VLBW
No difference in GFR or microalbuminuria in ELBW versus VLBW |
|
| Bacchetta et al. [91] | 50
Males and females | <37 | 7.6 | Lower GFR in IUGR and EUGR
No difference in microalbuminuria |
|
| Rakow et al. [93] | 105
Males and females | <32 | 9–12 | No difference in GFR or microalbuminuria
Smaller kidney volume |
|
| Keijzer-Veen et al. [79] | 82
Males and females | <32 | 20 | Greater filtration fraction in preterm AGA
Increased microalbuminuria in preterm SGA |
|
| Iacobelli et al. [94] | 48
Males and females | <37 | 6.3–8.2 | Increased microalbuminuria
No difference in GFR |
|
| Keijzer-Veen et al. [88] | 422
Males and females | <32 | 19 | Lower GFR in SGA
Increased microalbuminuria in SGA |
|
|
Rodríguez-Soriano et al. [95] | 40
Males and females | 23–35 | 6.1–12.4 | Lower GFR
No difference in kidney size or blood pressure |
|
| Kistner et al. [76] | 50
Females | 28–32 | 23–26 | No difference in GFR or effective renal plasma flow
No difference in microalbuminuria |
|
| Vanpee et al. [96] | 34
Males and females | 25–30 | 8 | No difference in GFR or effective renal plasma flow
No difference in microalbuminuria |
|
