Trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) and clinical outcomes in patients with end-stage kidney disease receiving peritoneal dialysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 089686082110518
Author(s):  
Dongyuan Chang ◽  
Xiao Xu ◽  
Zhikai Yang ◽  
Tiantian Ma ◽  
Jing Nie ◽  
...  

Background: Trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) is a gut bacteria-derived metabolite of l-carnitine and choline. A high concentration of TMAO has been proven to relate to cardiovascular disease (CVD), all-cause mortality and chronic kidney disease progression. We aimed to investigate the relation between the value of serum TMAO and outcomes for peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. Methods: This is a prospective cohort study with data retrospectively analysed. All incident PD patients were enrolled and followed up. Log-rank test, competing risk survival analysis and COX regression were performed to test the effect of serum TMAO on developing first-episode peritonitis, all-cause and CVD mortality. Results: A wide distribution of serum TMAO concentration was observed in 513 PD patients, with a median level of 72.3 (43.7, 124.7) µmol/L. Patients with lower TMAO concentration were more likely to be without diabetes and hypertension. Patients with lower TMAO concentration showed better residual kidney function and solute clearance at baseline. Participants in the higher three TMAO quartiles showed an increased risk for first-episode peritonitis ( p = 0.039). By competing risk survival analysis, after adjusting for age, sex, diabetes mellitus, CVD, body mass index, albumin, high-sensitive C-reactive protein, potassium, phosphorus, residual kidney function, normalised protein equivalent of total nitrogen appearance and calendar year of catheter implantation, patients in the higher three TMAO quartiles had a statistically or marginally higher risk for first-episode peritonitis compared with patients in the lowest quartile, with hazard ratio (HR) 1.65 (1.05, 2.58), 1.46 (0.92, 2.31) and 1.66 (1.05, 2.61), respectively. In the COX model, patients in the third quartile TMAO group had significantly higher CVD mortality risk compared with the lowest quartile group, as HR 2.27 (1.02, 5.05) after adjusting for various factors. As for all-cause mortality, TMAO did not show any associated effects. Conclusions: Serum TMAO concentration is associated with the risk of first-episode peritonitis and CVD mortality in PD patients. No obvious association between serum TMAO and all-cause mortality was observed.

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuhiro Kawai ◽  
Shigeru Tanaka ◽  
Hisako Yoshida ◽  
Masatoshi Hara ◽  
Hiroaki Tsujikawa ◽  
...  

Background Residual kidney function (RKF) is an important factor influencing both technique and patient survival in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is considered a marker of cardio-renal syndrome. The relationship between BNP and RKF in PD patients remains unclear. Methods We conducted a prospective study of 89 patients who had started and continued PD for 6 months or more in Kyushu University Hospital between June 2006 and September 2015. Participants were divided into low BNP (≤ 102.1 ng/L) and high BNP (> 102.1 ng/L) groups according to median plasma BNP level at PD initiation. The primary outcome was RKF loss, defined as 24-hour urine volume less than 100 mL. We estimated the association between BNP and RKF loss using a Kaplan-Meier method and Cox proportional hazards model and compared the rate of RKF decline between the 2 groups. To evaluate the consistency of the association, we performed subgroup analysis stratified by baseline characteristics. Results During the median follow-up of 30 months, 30 patients lost RKF. Participants in the high BNP group had a 5.87-fold increased risk for RKF loss compared with the low BNP group after adjustment for clinical and cardiac parameters. A high plasma BNP level was more clearly associated with RKF loss in younger participants compared with older participants in subgroup analysis. Conclusions B-type natriuretic peptide may be a useful risk marker for RKF loss in PD patients. The clinical importance of plasma BNP level as a marker of RKF loss might be affected by age.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyang Wang ◽  
Xiaojiang Zhan ◽  
Qing Zhou ◽  
Xiaoran Feng ◽  
FenFen Peng ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Little is known about whether co-existence of hypertension (HTN) and pre-existing cardiovascular disease (CVD) has a more harmful effect on mortality compared with either comorbidity alone in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Methods We conducted a retrospective study of 3073 incident Chinese patients on CAPD from five dialysis centers between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2018 in a real-world setting. The primary and secondary outcomes were all-cause and CVD mortality. The association between interesting comorbidities and mortality was analyzed using Cox regression models and the Fine and Gray competing risk models. Results Over a median of 33.7 months of follow-up, 581 (18.6%) patients died, with 286 (9.3%) CVD mortality. The incidence of all-cause mortality was 32.2, 56.1, 74.4, and 131.0/1000 patient-years, and the incidence of CVD mortality was 15.0, 28.2, 34.7, and 69.6/1000 patient-years in the control group (those without either hypertension or CVD), HTN group, CVD group, and HTN plus CVD group respectively. After adjusting for the confounding factors, HTN plus CVD, CVD, and HTN groups had a higher risk of all-cause mortality (HR 3.98, 95% CI 3.07 to 5.17; HR 2.18, 95% CI 1.27 to 3.74; and HR 1.83, 95% CI 1.47 to 2.28) and CVD mortality (HR 4.68, 95% CI 3.27 to 6.69; HR 2.11, 95% CI 0.96 to 4.63; and HR 1.87, 95% CI 1.37 to 2.54), respectively, compared to the control group. Similar findings were observed using the Fine and Gray competing risk models. There was no significant interaction between HTN and CVD on all-cause and CVD mortality (β = 0.010, P = 0.973; β = 0.058, P = 0.892) in the study population. Conclusions Among CAPD patients, co-existence of HTN and pre-existing CVD at the start of CAPD had a more harmful effect on mortality compared to either HTN or pre-existing CVD alone, and pre-existing CVD may have also a more harmful effect on mortality than HTN.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Guangying Guo ◽  
Aoran Huang ◽  
Xin Huang ◽  
Tianhua Xu ◽  
Li Yao

Objective. Previous studies have controversial results about the prognostic role of soluble suppression of tumorigenicity 2 (sST2) in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Therefore, we conduct this meta-analysis to access the association between sST2 and all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, and CVD events in patients with CKD. Methods. The publication studies on the association of sST2 with all-cause mortality, CVD mortality, and CVD events from PubMed and Embase were searched through August 2020. We pooled the hazard ratio (HR) comparing high versus low levels of sST2 and subgroup analysis based on treatment, continent, and diabetes mellitus (DM) proportion, and sample size was also performed. Results. There were 15 eligible studies with 11,063 CKD patients that were included in our meta-analysis. Elevated level of sST2 was associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality (HR 2.05; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.51–2.78), CVD mortality (HR 1.68; 95% CI, 1.35–2.09), total CVD events (HR 1.88; 95% CI, 1.26–2.80), and HF (HR 1.35; 95% CI, 1.11–1.64). Subgroup analysis based on continent, DM percentage, and sample size showed that these factors did not influence the prognostic role of sST2 levels to all-cause mortality. Conclusions. Our results show that high levels of sST2 could predict the all-cause mortality, CVD mortality, and CVD events in CKD patients.


2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shunsuke Yamada ◽  
Yasuhiro Kawai ◽  
Shoji Tsuneyoshi ◽  
Hiroaki Tsujikawa ◽  
Hokuto Arase ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 487-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Ros ◽  
Cesar Remón ◽  
Abdul Rashid Qureshi ◽  
Pedro Quiros ◽  
Bengt Lindholm ◽  
...  

Background and ObjectivesAlthough cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease, non-CVD causes account for more than 50% of total deaths. We previously showed that, compared with men, women starting dialysis—both hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis (PD)—have higher non-CVD mortality rates. Here, we evaluate sex-specific outcomes in a large cohort of incident PD patients.MethodsIncident de novo PD patients from the Andalusian SICATA Registry for 1999 – 2010, with follow-up until 31 December 2010 or up to 5 years, were investigated for fatal outcomes. Causes of death were extracted from medical records. The analysis used traditional and competing-risk Cox models for all-cause and cause-specific mortality in men and women, correcting in the competing-risk models for the events of kidney transplantation and transfer to hemodialysis.ResultsA total of 1458 patients (57% men; mean overall age: 55.3 ± 17.0 years) initiated PD in Andalusia during the study period. During follow-up, 350 deaths, 355 renal transplantation procedures, and 331 transfers to hemodialysis were recorded. Vascular disease and diabetic nephropathy were the most frequent causes of kidney failure in men; other causes were more common in women. In the traditional Cox model, both sexes showed a similar all-cause mortality risk [crude hazard ratio (HR): 0.90; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.72 to 1.12]. However, with respect to specific causes of death, women showed a borderline lower risk of both CVD (crude HR: 0.71; 95% CI: 0.50 to 0.99) and non-CVD mortality from other than infection (crude HR: 0.81; 95% CI: 0.57 to 1.15). In contrast, the risk of death from infection was almost doubled in women compared with men (crude HR: 1.92; 95% CI: 1.15 to 3.20), a finding that held true after multivariate adjustment for age, primary renal disease, period of inclusion, and initial PD modality (adjusted HR: 1.76; 95% CI: 1.03 to 3.01). This result was confirmed even taking into consideration the competing events of kidney transplantation and transfer to hemodialysis.ConclusionsCompared with men starting PD, women starting PD are at higher risk of mortality from infection. More stringent screening measures and corrective efforts in women might be indicated.


Author(s):  
Austin H. Hu ◽  
Tara I. Chang

Hypertension is a potent cardiovascular risk factor with deleterious end-organ effects and is especially prevalent among patients with chronic kidney disease. The SPRINT (Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial) enrolled patients at an elevated cardiac risk including patients with mild to moderate chronic kidney disease and found that an intensive systolic blood pressure goal of <120 mm Hg significantly reduced the rates of adverse cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality and nonsignificantly reduced the rates of probable dementia; these results were consistent whether one had chronic kidney disease or not. However, results of intensive blood pressure therapy on chronic kidney disease progression were inconclusive, and there was an increased risk of incident chronic kidney disease and acute kidney injury, but the declines in kidney function appear to be hemodynamically driven and reversible. Overall, an intensive blood pressure target is effective in reducing cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality and may reduce the risk of probable dementia in patients with mild to moderate chronic kidney disease. More studies are needed to determine its long-term effects on kidney function.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianbo Li ◽  
Jing Yu ◽  
Naya Huang ◽  
Hongjian Ye ◽  
Dan Wang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Rehospitalization is a major problem for end stage renal disease (ESRD) populations. However, researches on 30-day unexpected rehospitalzation of incident peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients were limited. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence, risk factors and impact on outcomes of 30-day unexpected rehospitalization in incident PD patients. Methods This was a retrospective cohort study. Patients who accepted PD catheter implantation in our centre from Jan 1, 2006 to Dec 31, 2013 and regular follow-up were included. The demographic characteristics, laboratory parameters, and rehospitalization data were collected and analyzed. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality, and the secondary outcomes included cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality and technical failure. Results Totally 1632 patients (46.9 ± 15.3 years old, 60.1% male, 25.6% with diabetes) were included. Among them, 149 (9.1%) had a 30-day unexpected rehospitalization after discharge. PD-related peritonitis (n = 48, 32.2%), catheter malfunction (n = 30, 20.1%) and severe fluid overload (n = 19, 12.8%) were the top three causes for the rehospitalization. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that length of index hospital stays [Odds ratio (OR) =1.02, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.00–1.03, P = 0.036) and hyponatremia (OR = 1.85, 95% CI 1.06–3.24, P = 0.031) were independently associated with the rehospitalization. Multivariate Cox regression analysis indicated that 30-day rehospitalization was an independent risk factor for all-cause mortality [Hazard ratio (HR) =1.52, 95% CI 1.07–2.16, P = 0.019) and CVD mortality (HR = 1.73, 95% CI 1.03–2.90, P = 0.038). Conclusions The prevalence of 30-day unexpected rehospitalization for incident PD patients in our centre was 9.1%. The top three causes for the rehospitalization were PD-related peritonitis, catheter malfunction and severe fluid overload. Thirty-day unexpected rehospitalization increased the risk of all-cause mortality and CVD mortality for PD patients.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Dongying Fu ◽  
Jiani Shen ◽  
Wei Li ◽  
Yating Wang ◽  
Zhong Zhong ◽  
...  

Background: Elevated levels of serum trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) have been previously linked to adverse cardiovascular (CV) and all-cause mortality in hemodialysis patients. However, the clinical significance of serum TMAO levels in patients treated with peritoneal dialysis (PD) is unclear. Methods: A total of 1,032 PD patients with stored serum samples at baseline were enrolled in this prospective study. Serum concentrations of TMAO were quantified by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Cox proportional hazards and competing-risk regression models were performed to examine the association of TMAO levels with all-cause and CV mortality. Results: The median level of serum TMAO in our study population was 34.5 (interquartile range (IQR), 19.8–61.0) μM. During a median follow-up of 63.7 months (IQR, 43.9–87.2), 245 (24%) patients died, with 129 (53%) deaths resulting from CV disease. In the entire cohort, we observed an association between elevated serum TMAO levels and all-cause mortality (adjusted subdistributional hazard ratio [SHR], 1.22; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 1.01–1.48; p = 0.039) but not CV mortality. Further analysis revealed such association differed by sex; the elevation of serum TMAO levels was independently associated with increased risk of both all-cause (SHR, 1.37; 95% CI, 1.07–1.76; p = 0.013) and CV mortality (SHR, 1.41; 95% CI, 1.02–1.94; p = 0.038) in men but not in women. Conclusions: Higher serum TMAO levels were independently associated with all-cause and CV mortality in male patients treated with PD.


Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 3381
Author(s):  
Sang Heon Suh ◽  
Tae Ryom Oh ◽  
Hong Sang Choi ◽  
Chang Seong Kim ◽  
Eun Hui Bae ◽  
...  

To investigate the association of body weight variability (BWV) with adverse cardiovascular (CV) outcomes in patient with pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD), a total of 1867 participants with pre-dialysis CKD from Korean Cohort Study for Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease (KNOW-CKD) were analyzed. BWV was defined as the average absolute difference between successive values. The primary outcome was a composite of non-fatal CV events and all-cause mortality. Secondary outcomes were fatal and non-fatal CV events and all-cause mortality. High BWV was associated with increased risk of the composite outcome (adjusted hazard ratio (HR) 1.745, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.065 to 2.847) as well as fatal and non-fatal CV events (adjusted HR 1.845, 95% CI 1.136 to 2.996) and all-cause mortality (adjusted HR 1.861, 95% CI 1.101 to 3.145). High BWV was associated with increased risk of fatal and non-fatal CV events, even in subjects without significant body weight gain or loss during follow-up periods (adjusted HR 2.755, 95% CI 1.114 to 6.813). In conclusion, high BWV is associated with adverse CV outcomes in patients with pre-dialysis CKD.


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