Predialysis and Postdialysis pH and Bicarbonate and Risk of All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Long-term Hemodialysis Patients
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- DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2015.04.014
Predialysis and Postdialysis pH and Bicarbonate and Risk of All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Long-term Hemodialysis Patients
Abstract
Background: To date, very few studies have been carried out on the associations of pre- and postdialysis acid-base parameters with mortality in hemodialysis patients.
Study design: An observational study including cross-sectional and 1-year analyses.
Setting & participants: Data from the renal registry of the Japanese Society of Dialysis Therapy (2008-2009), including 15,132 dialysis patients 16 years or older.
Predictor: Predialysis pH<7.30, 7.30 to 7.34 (reference), 7.35 to 7.39, or ≥7.40 (1,550, 4,802, 6,023, and 2,757 patients, respectively); predialysis bicarbonate level < 18.0, 18.0 to 21.9 (reference), 22.0 to 25.9, or ≥26.0 mEq/L (2,724, 7,851, 4,023, and 534 patients, respectively); postdialysis pH<7.40, 7.40 to 7.44, 7.45 to 7.49 (reference), or ≥7.50 (2,114, 5,331, 4,975, and 2,712 patients, respectively); and postdialysis bicarbonate level < 24.0, 24.0 to 25.9, 26.0 to 27.9 (reference), or ≥28.0 mEq/L (5,087, 4,330, 3,451, and 2,264 patients, respectively).
Outcomes: All-cause and cardiovascular (CV) mortality during the 1-year follow-up.
Measurements: HRs were estimated using unadjusted models and models adjusted for age, sex, dialysis vintage, history of CV disease, diabetes, weight gain ratio, body mass index, calcium-phosphorus product, serum albumin level, serum total cholesterol level, blood hemoglobin level, single-pool Kt/V, and normalized protein catabolic rate.
Results: Of 15,132 patients, during follow-up, 1,042 died of all causes, including 408 CV deaths. In the adjusted analysis for all-cause mortality, HRs compared to the reference group were significantly higher in patients with predialysis pH≥7.40 (HR, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.13-1.65) and postdialysis pH<7.40 (HR, 1.22; 95% CI, 1.00-1.49). Predialysis pH≥7.40 was also associated with higher risk of CV mortality (HR, 1.34; 95% CI, 1.01-1.79). No association of pre- or postdialysis bicarbonate level with all-cause and CV mortality was observed.
Limitations: Single measurements of acid-base parameters, short duration of follow-up, small number of CV deaths.
Conclusions: Predialysis pH≥7.40 was associated with significantly elevated risk of all-cause and CV mortality. However, pre- and postdialysis bicarbonate levels were not associated with all-cause and CV mortality. Predialysis pH may be the most appropriate reference for accurate correction of metabolic acidosis in dialysis patients.
Keywords: Japanese Renal Data Registry (JRDR); Predialysis pH; acid-base status; all-cause mortality; cardiovascular mortality; dialysate bicarbonate; end-stage renal disease (ESRD); hemodialysis; metabolic acidosis; postdialysis pH; renal replacement therapy; serum bicarbonate.
Copyright © 2015 National Kidney Foundation, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Comment in
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Acid-Base Status and Mortality Risk in Hemodialysis Patients.Am J Kidney Dis. 2015 Sep;66(3):383-5. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2015.06.008. Am J Kidney Dis. 2015. PMID: 26300196 No abstract available.
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