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Our study aimed to consolidate the available data and quantify the effects of early-life starvation on the risk of CKD in adulthood.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus and gray literature were searched on January 23, 2025. Random-effects meta-analyses were used to summarize the odds ratios (ORs) and weighted mean differences (WMDs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study included 7 published articles (4 cohort and 3 cross-sectional studies) with 29 360 subjects. Compared with no exposure to famine, early-life exposure dramatically increased the risk of CKD in adulthood (OR = 1.45, 95% CI: 1.08, 1.82). The summarized ORs differed in terms of sample size, publication year, study type and sex. A significantly elevated risk of CKD was discovered in studies with sample sizes exceeding 2000 individuals (OR = 1.53, 95% CI: 1.11, 1.94), studies published after 2020 (OR = 1.91, 95% CI: 1.60, 2.23), and cohort studies (OR = 1.65, 95% CI: 1.12, 2.19), and for males exposed to famine (OR = 1.76, 95% CI: 1.10, 2.42). Furthermore, the creatinine level was substantially higher in the exposure group (WMD = 2.82\u2005\u03bcmol\/L, 95% CI: 2.09, 3.54) than in the unexposed group. In contrast to the creatinine level, the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was significantly lower in the exposure group (WMD = \u22128.88\u2005mL\/min\/1.73\u2005m2, 95% CI: \u221210.67, \u22127.09).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our findings indicate that famine exposure is correlated with an increased risk of developing CKD over one's lifetime. 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