Body mass index mortality paradox in chronic kidney disease patients with suspected cardiac chest pain

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Slee, A, O'Driscoll, JM and Sharma, R (2017). Body mass index mortality paradox in chronic kidney disease patients with suspected cardiac chest pain. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle - Clinical Reports. 2 (1). https://doi.org/10.17987/jcsm-cr.v2i1.10
AuthorsSlee, A, O'Driscoll, JM and Sharma, R
Abstract

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a silent clinical condition associated with adverse comorbidity and high cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. An inverse relationship with body mass index (BMI) and mortality has been demonstrated in hemodialysis patients. However, it is unclear if this risk‐factor paradox is evident in non‐dialysis CKD patients. The aims of this study were to explore the relationship between, nutritional status, markers of inflammation, autonomic and cardiac function with BMI. Longitudinal follow‐up explored the relationship between BMI and allcause mortality. Methods: 211‐consecutive CKD patients referred for dobutamine stress echocardiography to detect or exclude myocardial ischemia were recruited. BMI, albumin, C‐reactive protein (CRP) and haemoglobin (Hb) were recorded as markers of nutritional and inflammatory status. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and heart rate variability (HRV) as an indicator of cardiac function was recorded. All subjects were followed prospectively until November 2014 and study end‐point was all‐cause mortality. Results: BMI was inversely associated with CKD status. After covariate adjustment, this association remained. During a mean follow‐up period of 3.3±0.9 years there were 35 deaths (17%). BMI was inversely associated with all‐cause mortality (HR 0.81, 95% CI 0.71‐0.9). Other important independent predictors of mortality were heart rate variability (HR 0.98, 95% CI 0.97‐0.99), myocardial ischemia (HR 1.37, 95% CI 1.17‐1.81), and albumin (HR 0.86, 95% CI 0.81‐ 0.92). Conclusions: The presence of a BMI paradox exists in non‐dialysis CKD patients. This risk‐factor paradox was an independent predictor of all‐cause mortality and may have significant clinical implications relevant to screening, assessment and treatment and requires further study.

Keywordschronic kidney disease; cardiovascular disease; body mass index paradox
Year2017
JournalJournal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle - Clinical Reports
Journal citation2 (1)
PublisherSpringer
ISSN2190-6009
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.17987/jcsm-cr.v2i1.10
Web address (URL)https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.17987/jcsm-cr.v2i1.10
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Deposited06 Jun 2017
Accepted08 Feb 2017
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