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Preeclampsia poses clear, mortal risks to mother and fetus during pregnancy, but the long-term complications are less certain. In a retrospective cohort study, based on data from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway and the Norwegian Renal Registry, researchers sought to determine whether preeclampsia is associated with risk for end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Data were available for 570,433 women who had delivered singleton infants at ≥16 weeks’ gestation from 1967 to 1991; information included infants’ gestational ages, infants’ birth weights, maternal preexisting renal disease, and diagnoses of preeclampsia. ESRD was defined based on receipt of dialysis or kidney transplant.
Overall, 477 women with at least one pregnancy developed ESRD. P…