Abstract: SA-OR034
Residual Kidney Function and Ultrafiltration Rate: Their Association with Mortality
Session Information
- Non-Cardiovascular Outcomes in Hemodialysis
November 04, 2017 | Location: Room 292, Morial Convention Center
Abstract Time: 05:06 PM - 05:18 PM
Category: Dialysis
- 607 Dialysis: Epidemiology, Outcomes, Clinical Trials - Non-Cardiovascular
Authors
- Chou, Jason Albert, UC Irvine, Orange, California, United States
- Obi, Yoshitsugu, UC Irvine, Orange, California, United States
- Rhee, Connie, UC Irvine, Orange, California, United States
- Streja, Elani, UC Irvine, Orange, California, United States
- Nguyen, Danh V., UC Irvine, Orange, California, United States
- Soohoo, Melissa, UC Irvine, Orange, California, United States
- Kovesdy, Csaba P., University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
- Sim, John J., Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, California, United States
- Kalantar-Zadeh, Kamyar, UC Irvine, Orange, California, United States
Background
Residual kidney function (RKF) among both peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis (HD) patients has been associated with improved survival. Although faster ultrafiltration rates (UFR) with HD have been observed to have greater mortality risk among incident HD patients with RKF, the ideal UFR goals are unknown. We hypothesize that in incident HD patients with RKF, a lower UFR will have improved survival.
Methods
We examined the association of RKF measured as Kru (mL/min/1.73m2) and UFR (mL/kg/hr) in combined groups with 1- and 5-year all-cause mortality in a cohort of 34,546 incident HD patients with Cox regression models adjusted for case-mix, comorbidities and selected lab covariates. A total of 9 groups were analyzed, composed of the following groups: Kru <1.5, 1.5-<3.0 and ≥3.0 mL/min/1.73m2 and UFR <6, 6-<10, and ≥10 mL/kg/hr with reference group of Kru ≥3.0 and UFR 6-<10.
Results
We found that Kru-UFR groups with a higher Kru and lower UFR demonstrated a graded association with survival where the Kru ≥3.0 mL/min/1.73m2 and UFR <6 ml/kg/hr group had a 1 year mortality HR (CI 95%) of 0.83 (0.74-0.93) (p-for-interaction 0.002) in the fully adjusted model. All associations were robust to all levels of adjustment on both 1- and 5- year mortality outcomes.
Conclusion
Among incident HD patients with RKF, lower UFR rates were associated with improved survival. Targeting different UFR goals may be a focus of intervention given its potential impact on RKF and mortality.
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Funding
- NIDDK Support