The Effect of Parathyroidectomy Compared to Non-Surgical Surveillance on Kidney Function in Primary Hyperparathyroidism: A Nationwide Historic Cohort Study

Author(s):  
Josephine Matzen ◽  
Lise Sofie Bislev ◽  
Tanja Sikjær ◽  
Lars Rolighed ◽  
Mette Friberg Hitz ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) and impaired kidney function (estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <60 mL/min) are offered parathyroidectomy (PTX) to protect them from further complications. Surprisingly, two recent uncontrolled cohort studies have suggested a further decrease in kidney function following PTX. We aimed to examine the effects of PTX compared to non-surgical surveillance on kidney function in pHPT patients.Methods: Historic cohort study. From the Danish National Patient Registry (NPR) and major medical biochemistry laboratories in Denmark, we identified 3585 patients with biochemically confirmed pHPT among whom n=1977 (55%) were treated with PTX (PTX-group) whereas n=1608 (45%) were followed without surgery (non-PTX group). Baseline was defined as time of diagnosis and kidney function was re-assessed 9-15 months after PTX (PTX group) or 9-15 months after diagnosis (non-PTX group).Results: At follow-up, eGFR had decreased significantly in the PTX- compared to the non-PTX-group (median -4% vs. -1%, p<0.01). Stratification by baseline eGFR showed that the decrease was significant for those with a baseline eGFR value of 80-89 and >90 mL/min, but not for those with lower eGFR values. Findings did not differ between patients with mild compared to moderate/severe hypercalcemia. However, after mutual adjustments, we identified baseline levels of calcium, PTH, and eGFR as well as age and treatment (PTX vs. no-PTX) as independent predictors for changes in kidney function.Conclusion: Compared to non-surgical surveillance, PTX is associated with a small but significant decrease in kidney function in pHPT patients with an initial normal kidney function.

2022 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Josephine Matzen ◽  
Lise Sofie Bislev ◽  
Tanja Sikjær ◽  
Lars Rolighed ◽  
Mette Friberg Hitz ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) and impaired kidney function (estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) < 60 mL/min) are offered parathyroidectomy (PTX) to protect them from further complications. Surprisingly, two recent uncontrolled cohort studies have suggested a further decrease in kidney function following PTX. We aimed to examine the effects of PTX compared to non-surgical surveillance on kidney function in pHPT patients. Methods Historic cohort study. From the Danish National Patient Registry (NPR) and major medical biochemistry laboratories in Denmark, we identified 3585 patients with biochemically confirmed pHPT among whom n = 1977 (55%) were treated with PTX (PTX-group) whereas n = 1608 (45%) were followed without surgery (non-PTX group). Baseline was defined as time of diagnosis and kidney function was re-assessed 9–15 months after PTX (PTX group) or 9–15 months after diagnosis (non-PTX group). Results At follow-up, eGFR had decreased significantly in the PTX- compared to the non-PTX-group (median − 4% vs. − 1%, p < 0.01). Stratification by baseline eGFR showed that the decrease was significant for those with a baseline eGFR value of 80–89 and > 90 mL/min, but not for those with lower eGFR values. Findings did not differ between patients with mild compared to moderate/severe hypercalcemia. However, after mutual adjustments, we identified baseline levels of calcium, PTH, and eGFR as well as age and treatment (PTX vs. no-PTX) as independent predictors for changes in kidney function. Conclusion Compared to non-surgical surveillance, PTX is associated with a small but significant decrease in kidney function in pHPT patients with an initial normal kidney function.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 205435812110012
Author(s):  
Janine F. Farragher ◽  
Jianguo Zhang ◽  
Tyrone G. Harrison ◽  
Pietro Ravani ◽  
Meghan J. Elliott ◽  
...  

Background: Fatigue is a pervasive symptom among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) that is associated with several adverse outcomes, but the incidence of hospitalization for fatigue is unknown. Objective: To explore the association between estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and incidence of hospitalization for fatigue. Design: Population-based retrospective cohort study using a provincial administrative dataset. Setting: Alberta, Canada. Patients: People above age 18 who had at least 1 outpatient serum creatinine measurement taken in Alberta between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2016. Measurements: The first outpatient serum creatinine was used to estimate GFR. Hospitalization for fatigue was identified using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code R53.x. Methods: Patients were stratified by CKD category based on their index eGFR. We used negative binomial regression to determine if there was an increased incidence of hospitalization for fatigue by declining kidney function (reference eGFR ≥ 60 mL/min/1.73m2). Estimates were stratified by age, and adjusted for age, sex, socioeconomic status, and comorbidity. Results: The study cohort consisted of 2 823 270 adults, with a mean age of 46.1 years and median follow-up duration of 6.0 years; 5 422 hospitalizations for fatigue occurred over 14 703 914 person-years of follow-up. Adjusted rates of hospitalization for fatigue increased with decreasing kidney function, across all age strata. The highest rates were seen in adults on dialysis (adjusted incident rate ratios 24.47, 6.66, and 3.13 for those aged 18 to 64, 65 to 74, and 75+, respectively, compared with eGFR ≥ 60 mL/min/1.73m2). Limitations: Fatigue hospitalization codes have not been validated; reference group limited to adults with at least 1 outpatient serum creatinine measurement; remaining potential for residual confounding. Conclusions: Declining kidney function was associated with increased incidence of hospitalization for fatigue. Further research into ways to address fatigue in the CKD population is warranted. Trial Registration: Not applicable (not a clinical trial).


2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 409-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadine Alexander ◽  
Kunihiro Matsushita ◽  
Yingying Sang ◽  
Shoshana Ballew ◽  
Bakhtawar K. Mahmoodi ◽  
...  

Background: Whether the association of chronic kidney disease (CKD) with cardiovascular risk differs based on diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension (HTN) status remains unanswered. Methods: We investigated 11,050 participants from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (fourth examination (1996-1998)) with follow-up for cardiovascular outcomes (coronary disease, heart failure and stroke) through 2009. Using the Cox regression models, we quantified cardiovascular risk associated with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) in individuals with and without DM and/or HTN and assessed their interactions. Results: Individuals with DM and HTN generally had higher cardiovascular risk relative to those without at all the levels of eGFR and ACR. Cardiovascular risk increased with lower eGFR and higher ACR regardless of DM and HTN status (e.g. adjusted hazards ratio (HR) for eGFR 30-44 vs. 90-104 ml/min/1.73 m2, 2.32 (95% CI, 1.66-3.26) in non-diabetics vs. 1.83 (1.25-2.67) in diabetics and 2.45 (2.20-5.01) in non-hypertensives vs. 1.51 (1.27-1.81) in hypertensives and corresponding adjusted HR for ACR 30-299 vs. <10 mg/g, 1.70 (1.45-2.00) vs. 1.34 (1.10-1.64) and 1.42 (1.10-1.85) vs. 1.57 (1.36-1.81), respectively). Only the ACR-DM interaction reached significance, with a shallower relative risk gradient among diabetics than among non-diabetics (p = 0.02). Analysis of individual cardiovascular outcomes showed similar results. Conclusion: Although individuals with DM and HTN generally had higher cardiovascular risk relative to those without these complications, both low eGFR and high ACR were associated with cardiovascular diseases regardless of the presence or absence of DM and HTN. These findings reinforce the importance of CKD in cardiovascular outcomes.


Circulation ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 135 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Akira Fujiyoshi ◽  
Takayoshi Ohkubo ◽  
Katsuyuki Miura ◽  
Akihiko Shiino ◽  
Naoko Miyagawa ◽  
...  

Introduction: The relationship between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and cognitive function remains to be determined. Existing studies focused primarily on estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) but not proteinuria in relation to cognitive function. Hypothesis: In a community-based sample, lower eGFR and presence of proteinuria are cross-sectionally independently associated with lower cognition. Methods: The Shiga Epidemiological Study of Subclinical Atherosclerosis (SESSA) randomly recruited and examined participants from Shiga, Japan in 2006-08 at baseline. Among 824 male participants in the follow-up exam (2010-12), we restricted our analyses to those who underwent the Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI), age ≥65 years-old, free of stroke, with no missing pertinent covariates. We calculated eGFR (creatinine-based) according to the 2012-guideline by the Japanese Society of Nephrology. We then divided the participants into three groups by eGFR of ≥60, 59-40, and <40 (mL/min/1.73m 2 ), and separately divided into three groups according to proteinuria using urine dipstick: (-), (-/+), and ≥(1+). We defined CKD as either eGFR <60 or proteinuria ≥ (-/+). In linear regression with CASI score being a dependent variable, we computed the score adjusted for age, highest education attained, smoking, drinking, body mass index, hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia. Results: We analyzed 541 men. The mean [standard deviation] of age and unadjusted score were 72.6 [4.3] years and 89.7 [6.0]. Prevalence of CKD was 56%. The score was significantly lower in participants with CKD than those without it (P=0.03). eGFR and proteinuria categories were separately and jointly associated with lower CASI score in a graded fashion (Ps for trend <0.05 in all the models tested. Table 1 ). Conclusions: Lower eGFR and higher degree of proteinuria were independently associated with lower cognitive function in the community-based men. CKD even in its early phase may predispose to lower cognitive function.


Author(s):  
Adrianna Westbrook ◽  
Ruiyuan Zhang ◽  
Mengyao Shi ◽  
Alexander C Razavi ◽  
Zhijie Huang ◽  
...  

Abstract We aimed to evaluate associations of baseline telomere length with overall and annual change in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and trajectory of kidney function during an 8-year follow-up. A total of 3,964 participants of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) were included. We identified three trajectory groups of kidney function: consistently normal (n=1,163 or 29.3%), normal to impaired (n=2,306 or 58.2%), and consistently impaired groups (n=495 or 12.5%). After controlling for age, sex, race, education, smoking, drinking, diabetes, heart disease, blood pressure, body mass index, total cholesterol, and hemoglobin A1c, participants with longer telomere length were 20% less likely (odds ratio [OR]=0.80, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.69-0.93, P=0.003) to have a normal to impaired kidney function trajectory than a consistently normal function trajectory. Telomere length was not associated with changing rate of eGFR over 8 years (P=0.45). Participants with longer telomere length were more likely to have consistently normal kidney function.


Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 141 (Suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex R CHANG ◽  
G. C Wood ◽  
Adam Cook ◽  
Xin Chu ◽  
Morgan Grams

Background: Persons with morbid obesity are at increased risk for end-stage kidney disease, and prior studies have shown an association between bariatric surgery and improvements in creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR cr ). However, eGFR cr could be biased by loss of muscle mass after surgery, and creatinine-cystatin C estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR cr-cyc ) has been shown to be more accurate in this setting. Methods: We matched 144 patients who underwent bariatric surgery on pre-surgery age, sex, race, body mass index (BMI), and eGFR cr with 144 morbidly obese non-surgery patients at Geisinger with serial biobanked serum samples. We measured filtration markers (creatinine, cystatin C, beta-2 microglobulin [B2M] and beta-trace protein [BTP], and calculated eGFR cr-cyc using the CKD-EPI combined equation. Using mixed effects models with random intercepts, we compared changes in filtration markers and eGFR cr-cyc between surgery and non-surgery groups. Results: Mean (SD) values for age, BMI, and eGFR cr were 48.2 (10.4) years, 45.2 (6.3) kg/m 2 , and 91.7 (17.5) ml/min/1.73m 2 ; 87.5% were female, 0.7% were black, 50.3% had hypertension, and 41.0% had type 2 diabetes. Mean eGFR cr-cyc slope in the surgery group was -0.41 ml/min/1.73m 2 /yr (95% CI: -0.74, -0.08) over a mean follow-up of 9.2 (1.4) years, compared to -1.43 ml/min/1.73m 2 /yr in the non-surgery group over a mean follow-up of 8.2 (1.1) years. Bariatric surgery was associated with a 1.02 ml/min/1.73m 2 /yr slower decline in eGFR cr-cyc , and smaller increase in all 4 filtration markers (p< 0.02 for all comparisons). Conclusions: Bariatric surgery is associated with slower decline in kidney function, as assessed by eGFR cr-cyc , B2M and BTP.


2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (Supplement_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Behan ◽  
Leonard Browne ◽  
Stack Austin

Abstract Background and Aims Lithium is implicated as a causative factor in the development and progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Few studies have assessed the independent impact of plasma levels and duration of lithium therapy on CKD progression. We examined the influence of lithium on CKD progression in the Irish health system. Method We utilised data from the Irish Kidney Disease Surveillance System (IKDSS) to explore associations of lithium levels and duration of exposure with kidney function in a regional cohort. A retrospective cohort study was conducted between 1999 to 2014 from the Midwest Region. All adult patients with lithium levels were identified and followed longitudinally. Kidney function was assessed at baseline and longitudinally using serum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was calculated using the CKD-EPI. Patients with &lt; 2 lithium values, missing data on creatinine were excluded. The index date was the date of the first lithium blood test. Toxicity from lithium was defined as levels &gt;1.2mmol/L as per NICE guidelines while duration of treatment was calculated based on patient –years of exposure as determined by positive blood lithium levels. Relationships between baseline kidney function, lithium levels, duration of exposure and each patients most recent eGFR value on follow up were assessed using multiple linear regression Results We identified 1,978 patients exposed to lithium from 1999-2014, mean age was 47.4 (15.6), 45.1% were men, eGFR [median (IQR)] at baseline was 84.4 (32.1) ml/min1.73m and the median duration of exposure was 3.0 years (IQR=4 years). Frequency of lithium testing increased from 1.77 in 1999 to 2.66 in 2014. In multiple linear regression, the final eGFR on follow-up was significantly lower in older patients (-0.48 ml/min/1.73m per year increase in age), P&lt;0.001; in patients with elevated baseline lithium levels (-2.18 ml/min1.73m lower per unit increase), P&lt;0.05, with long duration of exposure (-1.42 ml/min/1.73m lower for each year on lithium), P&lt;0.001, and for patients with low GFR at baseline (P&lt;0.001). Together these variables explained 58% of the variation in the final model. Conclusion Both the magnitude of and the duration of lithium exposure are both independently associated with CKD progression among lithium users in the Irish health system. Higher baseline lithium values had a more deleterious impact on kidney function. Continued efforts should be expended in minimising the risks of lithium induced nephrotoxicity through switching to alternatives and dose reduction when over possible. Funding This study is funded by the Health Research Board and the Midwest Research and Education Foundation (MKid).


QJM ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 112 (11) ◽  
pp. 835-840 ◽  
Author(s):  
C H Grant ◽  
K A Gillis ◽  
J S Lees ◽  
J P Traynor ◽  
P B Mark ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are associated with acute tubulointerstitial nephritis and there are reports associating their use with the development of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Aim To determine if PPI use is associated with major adverse renal events (MARE) in patients with CKD. Design Observational cohort study comprising patients with CKD attending secondary care renal clinics from 1 January 2006 until 31 December 2016. Methods We collated baseline clinical, socio-demographic and biochemical data at start of PPI (PPI group) or study inception (control group). MARE was considered a composite of doubling of creatinine or end-stage renal disease. Association between PPI exposure and progression to MARE was assessed by cause-specific hazards competing risk survival analysis. Results There were 3824 patients with CKD included in the analyses of whom 1195 were prescribed a PPI. The PPI group was younger (64.8 vs. 67.0 years, P < 0.001), with lower estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) (30 vs. 35 ml/min, P < 0.001) and more proteinuria (64 vs. 48 mg/mmol, P < 0.001). PPI use was associated with progression to MARE on multivariable adjustment (hazard ratio 1.13 [95% confidence interval 1.02–1.25], P = 0.021). Other factors significantly associated with progression to MARE were higher systolic blood pressure, lower eGFR, greater proteinuria, congestive cardiac failure and diabetes. Hypomagnesaemia was more common in the PPI group (39.5 vs. 18.9%, P < 0.001). Conclusion PPI use was associated with progression to MARE, but not death in patients with CKD after adjusting for factors known to predict declining renal function, including lower eGFR, proteinuria and comorbidities. A prospective cohort study is required to validate these findings.


2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Beate Oerbeck ◽  
Kristin Romvig Overgaard ◽  
Stian Thoresen Aspenes ◽  
Are Hugo Pripp ◽  
Marianne Mordre ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Chi Chen ◽  
Shuo-Chun Weng ◽  
Jia-Sin Liu ◽  
Han-Lin Chuang ◽  
Chih-Cheng Hsu ◽  
...  

Abstract Cognitive dysfunction is closely related to aging and chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, the association between renal function changes and the risk of developing cognitive impairment has not been elucidated. This longitudinal cohort study was to determine the influence of annual percentage change in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) on subsequent cognitive deterioration or death of the elderly within the community. A total of 33,654 elders with eGFR measurements were extracted from the Taipei City Elderly Health Examination Database. The Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire was used to assess their cognitive progression at least twice during follow-up visits. Multivariable Cox regression models were used to estimate the hazard ratio (HR) for cognitive deterioration or all-cause mortality with the percentage change in eGFR. During a median follow-up of 5.4 years, the participants with severe decline in eGFR (>20% per year) had an increased risk of cognitive deterioration (HR, 1.33; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.08–1.72) and the composite outcome (HR, 1.17; 95% CI, 1.03–1.35) when compared with those who had stable eGFR. Severe eGFR decline could be a possible predictor for cognitive deterioration or death among the elderly. Early detection of severe eGFR decline is a critical issue and needs clinical attentions.


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