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Kidney Function, Albuminuria, and All-Cause Mortality in the REGARDS (Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke) Study
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Kidney Function, Albuminuria, and All-Cause Mortality in the REGARDS (Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke) Study

David G. Warnock, Paul Muntner, Peter A. McCullough, Xiao Zhang, Leslie A. McClure, Neil Zakai, Mary Cushman, Britt B. Newsome, Reshma Kewalramani, Michael W. Steffes, …
American journal of kidney diseases, v 56(5), pp 861-871
01 Nov 2010
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.05.017
PMID: 20692752
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Abstract

Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology Urology & Nephrology
Background: Chronic kidney disease and albuminuria are associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality. Study Design: Prospective observational cohort study. Setting & Participants: 17,393 participants (mean age, 64.3 +/- 9.6 years) in the REGARDS (Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke) Study. Predictor: Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), urinary albumin-creatinine ratio (ACR). Outcome: All-cause mortality (710 deaths); median duration of follow-up, 3.6 years. Measurements & Analysis: Categories of eGFR (90 to <120, 60 to <90, 45 to <60, 30 to <45, and 15 to <30 mL/min/1.73 m(2)) and urinary ACR (<10 mg/g or normal, 10 to <30 mg/g or high normal, 30 to 300 mg/g or high, and >300 mg/g or very high). Cox proportional hazards models were adjusted for demographic factors, cardiovascular covariates, and hemoglobin level. Results: The background all-cause mortality rate for participants with normal ACR, eGFR of 90 to <120 mL/min/1.73 m(2), and no coronary heart disease was 4.3 deaths/1,000 person-years. Higher ACR was associated with an increased multivariable-adjusted HR for all-cause mortality within each eGFR category. Decreased eGFR was associated with a higher adjusted HR for all-cause mortality for participants with high-normal (P = 0.01) and high (P<0.001) ACRs, but not those with normal or very high ACRs. Limitations: Only 1 laboratory assessment for serum creatinine and ACR was available. Conclusions: Increased albuminuria was an independent risk factor for all-cause mortality. Decreased eGFR was associated with increased mortality risk in those with high-normal and high ACRs. The mortality rate was low in the normal-ACR group and increased in the very-high-ACR group, but did not vary with eGFR in these groups. Am J Kidney Dis 56: 861-871. (C) 2010 by the National Kidney Foundation, Inc.

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