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Mild and moderate pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease is associated with increased coronary artery calcium

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Authors: Roy SK, Cespedes A, Li D, Choi TY, Budoff MJ

Published Date December 2011 Volume 2011:7 Pages 719 - 724
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/VHRM.S24536

Sion K Roy, Albert Cespedes, Dong Li, Tae-Young Choi, Matthew J Budoff
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Center at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA

Background: It is increasingly evident that patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are more likely to die from heart disease than kidney failure. This study evaluated whether pre-dialysis CKD is an independent risk factor for coronary artery calcium (CAC).
Methods: A total of 544 consecutive patients who underwent CAC scoring were analyzed. Eleven patients requiring hemodialysis were excluded. Patients were divided into three groups: normal glomerular filtration rate (GFR) (GFR > 90 mL/min/1.73 m2), mild CKD (90 ≥ GFR > 60 mL/min/1.73 m2), and moderate CKD (60 ≥ GFR > 30 mL/min/1.73 m2). Continuous and categorical variables were compared using analysis of variance and the χ2 statistic. A multiple logistic regression model was used for detecting the association between total CAC score and GFR. An unadjusted model was used, followed by a second model adjusted for covariates known to be related to CAC. Another multivariable binary logistic model predicting the presence of CAC (>10) was performed and odds of incidence of CAC (>10) were calculated among the three GFR subgroups.
Results: After adjustment for covariates, patients with mild CKD had mean CAC scores 175 points higher than those with the referent normal GFR (P = 0.048), while those with moderate CKD had mean CAC scores 693 points higher than the referent (P < 0.001). After adjustment for covariates, patients with mild CKD were found to be 2.2 times more likely (95% confidence interval 1.3–3.7, P = 0.004) and patients with moderate CKD were 6.4 times more likely (95% confidence interval 2.9–14.3, P < 0.001) to have incident CAC compared with the group with normal GFR.
Conclusion: Mild and moderate pre-dialysis CKD are independent risk factors for increased mean and incident CAC.

Keywords: kidney disease, coronary artery disease, atherosclerosis, calcium





 

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