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The Relationship of Residual Renal Function With Cardiovascular Morbidity in Hemodialysis Patients and The Potential Role of Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1
The Relationship of Residual Renal Function With Cardiovascular Morbidity in Hemodialysis Patients and The Potential Role of Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1
Departments of a Nephrology and b Cardiology, Doctors’ Hospital, and c Department of Nuclear Medicine,
Keywords tween the loss of urine output and LVH, diastolic dysfunc-
Cardiovascular disease · Hemodiafiltration · tion, and PAD (χ2 = 7.4, p = 0.007; χ2 = 14.3, p = 0.001; χ2 = 4.2,
Inflammation · Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 · p = 0.03, respectively), although the association with CAD
Residual renal function and systolic dysfunction was found to be nonsignificant. The
patients without RRF had significantly higher MCP-1, and the
urine volume was inversely associated with MCP-1 (r = –465,
Abstract p = 0.03). In the built adjusted model, the elevated MCP-1
Background: Residual renal function (RRF) provides several was found to be a significant predictor for the loss of RRF.
benefits to patients on dialysis. Monocyte chemoattractant Conclusion: The loss of RRF was significantly associated with
protein-1 (MCP-1) plays an important role in atherosclerotic LVH, diastolic dysfunction, and PAD in HDF patients. The in-
lesions. We considered the relationship between RRF and creased MCP-1, affected by the lack of urine, may act as an
cardiovascular morbidity and the significant role of MCP-1 additional underlying factor on this relationship, reflecting a
serum concentrations in hemodiafiltration (HDF) patients. progressive inflammation/oxidative stress condition.
Methods: We enrolled 76 patients on on-line HDF. RRF was © 2017 S. Karger AG, Basel
defined by interdialytic urine output, and we studied the pa-
tients in two groups according to the preservation or not of
urine output. MCP-1 levels were measured using enzyme- Introduction
linked immunosorbent assay. χ2 tests were applied for the
association between RRF and left ventricular hypertrophy Residual renal function (RRF) may provide many ben-
(LVH), coronary artery disease (CAD), peripheral artery dis- efits to patients on permanent renal replacement therapy.
ease (PAD), and systolic and diastolic cardiac dysfunction. These benefits are related to better volume control and
We built an adjusted model using logistic regression analysis greater solute clearance, playing a crucial role in the
for the factors which might impact on the loss of urine out- achievement of a sufficient dialysis treatment [1, 2]. More-
put. Results: χ2 tests showed a significant association be- over, RRF is accompanied by more phosphate urinary ex-
BP, blood pressure; EF, ejection fraction; HOMA-IR, homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance; nPCR, normalized protein
catabolic rate for dry body mass; RRF, residual renal function; SD, standard deviation. * p < 0.05.
In our data, the primary renal disease included hypertensive obtained at 2 min postdialysis from the arterial dialysis tubing
nephrosclerosis (32.9%), chronic glomerulonephritis (28.9%), after reduction of the blood pump speed to <80 ml/min for the
polycystic disease (11.8%), diabetic nephropathy (9.2%), and other calculation of spKt/V/session. The mean of 12–13 calculations
causes (17.1%). of spKt/V during a treatment month was used for statistical anal-
ysis.
Blood Collection
Before the start of the weekly HDF sessions, blood samples Laboratory Measurements
were obtained from the enrolled patients in a 12-h fasting state Albumin, calcium (Ca) corrected for the albumin levels, phos-
from the vascular access. Serum was separated and processed for phate (P), glucose, and the ratio of low-density lipoproteins to
various assays. At the end of the sessions, blood samples was high-density lipoproteins were measured by spectrophotometric
350
300
300
275
250 250
200 225
200
150 76 patients on 24 healthy subjects
Without RRF With RRF hemodiafiltration
Fig. 1. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) levels in pa- Fig. 2. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) levels in the
tients without and with residual renal function (RRF) (p = 0.04). enrolled patients (n = 76) and in the healthy subjects (n = 24) (p =
CI, confidence interval. not significant).
40 50
■ Without left ventricular ■ Without diastolic
hypertrophy dysfunction
■ With left ventricular 40 ■ With diastolic
30 hypertrophy dysfunction
30
Count
Count
20
20
10
10
0 0
With RRF Without RRF With RRF Without RRF
Fig. 3. Relationship between loss of residual renal function (RRF) Fig. 4. Relationship between loss of residual renal function (RRF)
and left ventricular hypertrophy (χ2 = 7.4, p = 0.007). and diastolic dysfunction (χ2 = 14.3, p = 0.001).
technique using Chemistry Analyzer (MINDRAY BS-200; Dia- The concentrations of intact parathormone (iPTH) and insulin
mond Diagnostics, USA). The products of Ca × P were calculated. were measured by radioimmunoassays (CIS bio international,
Hematological analyzer (Sysmex, xt-4000i; Roche) was used for France and BioSource Europe SA, Belgium, respectively).
hemoglobin measurement. Insulin resistance was calculated using the homeostatic model
High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and MCP-1 se- assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) [15].
rum concentrations were measured using enzyme-linked immu- The normalized protein catabolic rate for dry body mass was
nosorbent assay (Immundiagnostik AG, Germany, and Alpco Di- calculated from the urea generation rate [16]. The BMI was ob-
agnostics, USA, respectively) according to the manufacturer’s tained from height and postdialysis body weight.
specifications.
MCP-1 values were measured in the enrolled subjects and in 24 Hemodynamic Measurements
healthy subjects, who had similar age and body mass index (BMI) Predialysis peripheral systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pres-
to those of the group of patients. sure (DBP) were calculated as the mean of 12–13 measurements
CI, confidence interval; MCP-1, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; VIF, variance inflation factor.
Limitations
The main limitation of our study is the small number Conflict of Interest Statement
of included subjects. In addition, the proper calculation All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
of LV mass, including left ventricular mass index, was
unavailable in this study.
Author Contributions
V.D. Raikou: research plan, data collection, statistics, and man-
uscript writing. V. Kardalinos: hemodynamic measurements and
echocardiographic assessment. D. Kyriaki: biochemical analyses,
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and radioimmunoassays.
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