Prognostic Role of Gestational Age and Birth Weight in Nephrotic Syndrome: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study
Journal of Pediatric Nephrology,
Vol. 9 No. 3 (2021),
4 September 2021
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Page 1-5
https://doi.org/10.22037/jpn.v9i3.34482
Abstract
Background and Aim: Nephrotic syndrome (NS) is a common disease in children characterized by proteinuria, hypoalbunemia and hyperlipidemia. In some cases, NS is resistant to steroid therapy and may have frequent relapses. The aim of this study was to determine the prognostic role of gestational age and birth weight in the clinical outcomes of NS.
Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted on 77 patients. The patients’ data such as history of relapse and steroid resistance, birth weight, gestational age, and pathological variant were collected. Data was analysed using the SPSS software.
Results: Twenty-three patients were females and 54 were males. There was no significant association between the number of recurrences and premature birth (P value= 0.99). Mann-Whitney U test showed no significant difference between birth weight of patients who recurred less than two times during six months and those who recurred more than two times in six months (P= 0.336). Besides, Fisher’s exact test showed no significant association between premature birth and the chance of developing steroid resistance (P value = 0.643). Moreover, there was no significant association between birth weight and steroid resistance (P-value = 0.768).
Conclusion: Low birth weight and premature birth did not have a role in the prognosis of nephrotic syndrome in our study population. Other factors including uterine-placental disorders, maternal underlying diseases, quality of weight gain in the first years of life, and ethnicity should also be examined in further investigations including larger samples of different ethnic groups.
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Streoid Resistance
- Relaps
- Gestational Age
- Low Birth Weight
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