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. 2019 Nov 6;9(1):16139.
doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-52499-6.

Metabolic acidosis is associated with pulse wave velocity in chronic kidney disease: Results from the KNOW-CKD Study

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Metabolic acidosis is associated with pulse wave velocity in chronic kidney disease: Results from the KNOW-CKD Study

Hyo Jin Kim et al. Sci Rep. .

Abstract

Metabolic acidosis is common in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and may have various deleterious consequences. Arterial stiffness in CKD patients is associated with poor cardiovascular outcomes. The present study aimed to evaluate the association between serum bicarbonate and arterial stiffness using the baseline cross-sectional data set of a large-scale Korean CKD cohort. 2,238 CKD patients were enrolled in the KoreaN Cohort Study for Outcome in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease (KNOW-CKD) from 2011 to 2016. The present study was conducted on 1,659 patients included in this cohort with baseline serum bicarbonate and brachial-to-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) data. Metabolic acidosis was defined as a serum bicarbonate level of <22 mmol/L, and baPWV was used as a surrogate of arterial stiffness. Mean serum bicarbonate was 25.8 ± 3.6 mmol/L. 210 (12.7%) patients had metabolic acidosis. baPWV was significantly higher in patients with metabolic acidosis (P < 0.001) and showed a significant inverse correlation with serum bicarbonate (Unstandardized β -16.0 cm/sec; 95% CI -20.5, -11.4; P < 0.001) in an unadjusted model, which was retained after adjustment (Unstandardized β -5.4 cm/sec; 95% CI -9.9, -1.0; P = 0.017). Metabolic acidosis was found to be associated with a high baPWV in pre-dialysis CKD patients.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Distributions of serum bicarbonate concentrations and metabolic acidosis prevalences across CKD stages. Advanced CKD stages were associated with a lower serum bicarbonate level (P < 0.001, P for linear trend <0.001; a). Two hundred and ten (12.7%) patients had metabolic acidosis. The prevalence of metabolic acidosis was higher in advanced CKD (P < 0.001, P for linear trend <0.001; b); 26.0% and 47.4% of CKD stage 4 and 5 patients, respectively, exhibited metabolic acidosis. CKD, chronic kidney disease.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Pattern of metabolic acidosis across CKD stages. High AG metabolic acidosis accounted for 33.3% of total metabolic acidosis in CKD stage 1 and for 63.0% in CKD stage 5. CKD, chronic kidney disease; AG, anionic gap.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Brachial-to-ankle pulse wave velocity according to the serum bicarbonate concentration. baPWV was significantly higher in low serum bicarbonate group than in the other three groups (P < 0.001, P for linear trend <0.001). baPWV, brachial-to-ankle pulse wave velocity.

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