scholarly journals Effects of Prevalent and Incident Atrial Fibrillation on Renal Outcome, Cardiovascular Events, and Mortality in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsin-Hui Hsu ◽  
Chew-Teng Kor ◽  
Yao-Peng Hsieh ◽  
Ping-Fang Chiu

Background: Little is known about how incident atrial fibrillation (AF) affects the clinical outcomes in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients and whether there is a different influence between pre-existing and incident AF. Methods: Incident CKD patients from 2000 to 2013 were retrieved from the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) of Taiwan and they were classified as non-AF (n = 15,251), prevalent AF (n = 612), and incident AF (n = 588). The outcomes of interest were end-stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring dialysis, all-cause mortality, cardiovascular (CV) mortality, acute myocardial infarction (AMI), stroke or systemic thromboembolism. Results: Compared with CKD patients without AF, those with prevalent or incident AF were associated with higher adjusted rates of ESRD (hazard ratio (HR), 1.40; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.32–1.48; HR, 2.91; 95% CI, 2.74–3.09, respectively), stroke or systemic thromboembolism (HR, 1.89; 95% CI, 1.77–2.03; HR, 1.67; 95% CI, 1.54–1.81, respectively), AMI (HR, 1.24; 95% CI, 1.09–1.41; HR, 1.99; 95% CI, 1.75–2.27, respectively), all-cause mortality (HR, 1.64; 95% CI, 1.56–1.72; HR, 2.17; 95% CI, 2.06–2.29, respectively), and CV mortality (HR, 2.95; 95% CI, 2.62–3.32; HR, 4.61; 95% CI, 4.09–5.20, respectively). Intriguingly, CKD patients with prevalent AF were associated with lower adjusted rates of ESRD, AMI, all-cause mortality, and CV mortality compared with those with incident AF. Conclusion: Both incident and prevalent AF were independently associated with greater risks of AMI, all-cause mortality, CV mortality, ESRD, and stroke or systemic thromboembolism. Our findings are novel in that, compared with prevalent AF, incident AF possessed an even higher risk of some clinical consequences, including ESRD, all-cause mortality, CV mortality, and AMI.

2018 ◽  
Vol 108 (5) ◽  
pp. 1145-1153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ting-Yun Lin ◽  
Jia-Sin Liu ◽  
Szu-Chun Hung

ABSTRACT Background Obesity is a risk factor for de novo chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the general population. Obesity has been increasingly prevalent in patients with CKD and may lead to further progression of pre-existing CKD. However, whether obesity is associated with the development of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in patients with CKD is not well understood. Objective We investigated the impact of obesity on ESRD (needing chronic dialysis treatment or pre-emptive renal transplantation) or all-cause mortality in patients with moderate to advanced CKD. Design A total of 322 patients with stages 3–5 CKD who were not yet on dialysis were prospectively followed for a median of 4.9 y. Obesity was defined by body mass index (BMI, in kg/m2) ≥30 or body fat percentage (BF%) >25% in men and >35% in women. BF% was assessed with the use of the Body Composition Monitor, a multifrequency bioimpedance spectroscopy device. Results In total, 100 participants progressed to ESRD and 39 participants died. Obesity, whether defined by BMI or BF%, was not associated with a significantly increased risk of ESRD in Cox proportional hazards models that adjusted for age, sex, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, estimated glomerular filtration rate, urine protein:creatinine ratio, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, and use of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors or statins, accounting for the competing risk for mortality (subdistribution HR: 1.15; 95% CI: 0.62, 2.14 for BMI-defined obesity and subdistribution HR: 0.84, 95% CI: 0.54, 1.29 for BF%-defined obesity, respectively). Results were similar when BMI and BF% were analyzed as continuous or time-dependent variables. Whereas higher BMI was protective, higher BF% appeared to be associated with increased all-cause mortality. Conclusions Obesity did not confer an increased risk of ESRD in patients with moderate to advanced CKD. This trial was registered at http://www.clinicaltrials.gov as NCT03285074.


2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 361-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna J. Jovanovich ◽  
Michel B. Chonchol ◽  
Atousa Sobhi ◽  
Jessica B. Kendrick ◽  
Alfred K. Cheung ◽  
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Background: Evidence suggests that the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) interacts with the vitamin D-fibroblast growth factor 23-Klotho axis. We investigated whether circulating mineral metabolism markers modify outcomes in response to RAAS inhibition in subjects with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD). Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, we analyzed the association of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) and angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) use with all-cause mortality and dialysis initiation among 1,753 subjects (1,099 CKD, estimated glomerular filtration rate 18 ± 6 ml/min/1.73 m2 and 654 end-stage renal disease [ESRD]) from the Homocysteine in Kidney and End Stage Renal Disease (HOST) study. A propensity score analysis accounted for indication bias and Cox regression models adjusted for mineral metabolism markers. Results: Mean follow-up was 3.2 years; 714 (41%) subjects died and 615 (56%) initiated dialysis. In adjusted analyses, all subjects treated with ACEI/ARB had a significantly lower hazard of death (hazards ratio (HR) 0.81, 95% CI 0.70-0.95, p = 0.007). Those with CKD not on dialysis and treated with ACEI/ARB trended toward a lower hazard of dialysis initiation (HR 0.86, 95% CI 0.73-1.01, p = 0.06). The association with mortality did not differ by level of mineral metabolism marker (p for interaction >0.16); however, the relationship with dialysis initiation differed according to the median serum phosphorus level (p for interaction <0.001). Conclusions: RAAS inhibition was associated with decreased all-cause mortality independent of disordered mineral metabolism among mostly male HOST subjects with advanced CKD and ESRD. However, among those with CKD not requiring dialysis, the renoprotection associated with RAAS inhibition was attenuated by higher serum phosphorus levels. Further studies are needed to confirm this association.


Circulation ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 127 (5) ◽  
pp. 569-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nisha Bansal ◽  
Dongjie Fan ◽  
Chi-yuan Hsu ◽  
Juan D. Ordonez ◽  
Greg M. Marcus ◽  
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Author(s):  
Chih-Chien Chiu ◽  
Ya-Chieh Chang ◽  
Ren-Yeong Huang ◽  
Jenq-Shyong Chan ◽  
Chi-Hsiang Chung ◽  
...  

Objectives Dental problems occur widely in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and may increase comorbidities. Root canal therapy (RCT) is a common procedure for advanced decayed caries with pulp inflammation and root canals. However, end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients are considered to have a higher risk of potentially life-threatening infections after treatment and might fail to receive satisfactory dental care such as RCT. We investigated whether appropriate intervention for dental problems had a potential impact among dialysis patients. Design Men and women who began maintenance dialysis (hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis) between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2015, in Taiwan (total 12,454 patients) were enrolled in this study. Participants were followed up from the first reported dialysis date to the date of death or end of dialysis by December 31, 2015. Setting Data collection was conducted in Taiwan. Results A total of 2633 and 9821 patients were classified into the RCT and non-RCT groups, respectively. From the data of Taiwan’s National Health Insurance, a total of 5,092,734 teeth received RCT from 2000 to 2015. Then, a total of 12,454 patients were followed within the 16 years, and 4030 patients passed away. The results showed that members of the non-RCT group (34.93%) had a higher mortality rate than those of the RCT group (22.79%; p = 0.001). The multivariate-adjusted hazard ratio for the risk of death was 0.69 (RCT vs. non-RCT; p = 0.001). Conclusions This study suggested that patients who had received RCT had a relatively lower risk of death among dialysis patients. Infectious diseases had a significant role in mortality among dialysis patients with non-RCT. Appropriate interventions for dental problems may increase survival among dialysis patients. Abbreviations: CKD = chronic kidney disease, ESRD = end-stage renal disease, RCT = root canal therapy.


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