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Existing reference intervals for markers of kidney function in newborns are mostly based on preterm newborns, newborns with illness, or small cohorts of term newborns, and the consequences of maternal comorbidities for newborn kidney function are sparsely described.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Objective<\/jats:title>To establish robust reference intervals for creatinine and urea in healthy children in early childhood and to assess whether maternal comorbidity is associated with newborn creatinine and urea concentrations.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title>This multicenter, prospective, population-based cohort study assessed data and umbilical cord blood samples from participants in the Copenhagen Baby Heart Study (CBHS) who were born between April 1, 2016, and October 31, 2018, and venous blood samples from a subsample of CBHS participants who were enrolled in the COMPARE study between May 3, 2017, and November 4, 2018. Cord blood samples of 13\u202f354 newborns from the CBHS and corresponding venous blood samples of 444 of those newborns from the COMPARE study were included. Blood samples were collected at birth, age 2 months, and age 14 to 16 months, with follow-up completed on February 12, 2020. Healthy nonadmitted term newborns from maternity wards at 3 hospitals in the Capital Region of Denmark were included.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Exposures<\/jats:title>Maternal comorbidity.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>Creatinine and urea concentrations.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>Among 13 354 newborns in the CBHS cohort, characteristics of 12 938 children were stratified by sex and gestational age (GA). Of those, 6567 children (50.8%) were male; 5259 children (40.6%) were born at 37 to 39 weeks\u2019 GA, and 7679 children (59.4%) were born at 40 to 42 weeks\u2019 GA. Compared with children born at 40 to 42 weeks\u2019 GA, those born at 37 to 39 weeks\u2019 GA had lower birth weight, Apgar scores at 5 minutes, placental weight, and placental-fetal weight ratio. Children born at 37 to 39 weeks\u2019 GA vs those born at 40 to 42 weeks\u2019 GA were more frequently small for GA at birth and more likely to have placental insufficiency and exposure to maternal preeclampsia, maternal diabetes, maternal kidney disease, and maternal hypertension. Among children born at 37 to 39 weeks\u2019 GA, reference intervals were 0.54 to 1.08 mg\/dL for creatinine and 5.32 to 14.67 mg\/dL for urea; among children born at 40 to 42 weeks\u2019 GA, reference intervals were 0.57 to 1.19 mg\/dL for creatinine and 5.60 to 14.85 mg\/dL for urea. At birth, multifactorially adjusted odds ratios among children exposed to preeclampsia were 9.40 (95% CI, 1.68-52.54) for a venous creatinine concentration higher than the upper reference limit, 4.29 (95% CI, 1.32-13.93) for a venous creatinine concentration higher than the 90th percentile, and 3.10 (95% CI, 1.14-8.46) for a venous creatinine concentration higher than the 80th percentile.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>In this study, improved reference intervals for creatinine and urea concentrations were generated. 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