Tal Kopel1, James S Kaufman2, Naomi Hamburg3, John S Sampalis4, Joseph A Vita3, Laura M Dember5. 1. Division of Nephrology, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; tal.kopel@umontreal.ca. 2. Research Service and Renal Section, VA New York Harbor Healthcare System and New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York. 3. Division of Cardiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. 4. Faculty of Medicine, McGill University and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and. 5. Renal, Electrolyte and Hypertension Division and Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: CKD is associated with increased cardiovascular risk not fully attributable to traditional risk factors. We compared endothelium-dependent and -independent vascular function among individuals with advanced CKD with function in those with vascular disease but preserved kidney function. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS: Matched cohort analysis randomly selected from 1259 participants at a single center with measurements of brachial artery flow-mediated dilation, an endothelium-dependent process, and nitroglycerin-mediated dilation, an endothelium-independent process. Patients with advanced CKD (n=70) were matched 1:1 to controls with preserved kidney function and (1) no overt vascular disease, (2) hypertension, and (3) coronary artery disease. RESULTS: The trend toward lower flow-mediated dilation (mean±SEM) in advanced CKD (5.4%±0.5%) compared with no overt vascular disease (7.3%±0.6%), hypertension (6.2%±0.5%), and coronary artery disease (5.8%±0.5%) did not reach statistical significance in adjusted analyses (P=0.05). Nitroglycerin-mediated dilation was lower in advanced CKD compared with in the other groups (adjusted nitroglycerin-mediated dilation: 6.9%±0.8%, 11.8%±0.9%, 11.0%±0.7%, and 10.5%±0.7% in advanced CKD, no overt vascular disease, hypertension, and coronary artery disease groups, respectively; P<0.001). Using tertiles generated from the full cohort and no overt vascular disease as the reference, the adjusted odds of flow-mediated dilation falling within the lowest tertile was higher in both the advanced CKD (odds ratio, 4.84; 95% confidence interval, 2.09 to 11.25) and coronary artery disease (odds ratio, 4.17; 95% confidence interval, 1.76 to 9.87) groups. In contrast, the adjusted odds of lowest tertile nitroglycerin-mediated dilation was higher in advanced CKD (odds ratio, 24.25; 95% confidence interval, 7.16 to 82.13) but not in the hypertension (odds ratio, 0.79; 95% confidence interval, 0.23 to 2.77) or coronary artery disease (odds ratio, 2.34; 95% confidence interval, 0.74 to 7.40) group. CONCLUSIONS: Impairment in endothelium-dependent vascular function is present in patients with CKD and those with clinically evident vascular disease but preserved kidney function. In contrast, substantial reduction in endothelium-independent function was observed only in the CKD group, suggesting differences in severity and pathophysiology of vascular dysfunction between CKD and other disease states.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: CKD is associated with increased cardiovascular risk not fully attributable to traditional risk factors. We compared endothelium-dependent and -independent vascular function among individuals with advanced CKD with function in those with vascular disease but preserved kidney function. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS: Matched cohort analysis randomly selected from 1259 participants at a single center with measurements of brachial artery flow-mediated dilation, an endothelium-dependent process, and nitroglycerin-mediated dilation, an endothelium-independent process. Patients with advanced CKD (n=70) were matched 1:1 to controls with preserved kidney function and (1) no overt vascular disease, (2) hypertension, and (3) coronary artery disease. RESULTS: The trend toward lower flow-mediated dilation (mean±SEM) in advanced CKD (5.4%±0.5%) compared with no overt vascular disease (7.3%±0.6%), hypertension (6.2%±0.5%), and coronary artery disease (5.8%±0.5%) did not reach statistical significance in adjusted analyses (P=0.05). Nitroglycerin-mediated dilation was lower in advanced CKD compared with in the other groups (adjusted nitroglycerin-mediated dilation: 6.9%±0.8%, 11.8%±0.9%, 11.0%±0.7%, and 10.5%±0.7% in advanced CKD, no overt vascular disease, hypertension, and coronary artery disease groups, respectively; P<0.001). Using tertiles generated from the full cohort and no overt vascular disease as the reference, the adjusted odds of flow-mediated dilation falling within the lowest tertile was higher in both the advanced CKD (odds ratio, 4.84; 95% confidence interval, 2.09 to 11.25) and coronary artery disease (odds ratio, 4.17; 95% confidence interval, 1.76 to 9.87) groups. In contrast, the adjusted odds of lowest tertile nitroglycerin-mediated dilation was higher in advanced CKD (odds ratio, 24.25; 95% confidence interval, 7.16 to 82.13) but not in the hypertension (odds ratio, 0.79; 95% confidence interval, 0.23 to 2.77) or coronary artery disease (odds ratio, 2.34; 95% confidence interval, 0.74 to 7.40) group. CONCLUSIONS: Impairment in endothelium-dependent vascular function is present in patients with CKD and those with clinically evident vascular disease but preserved kidney function. In contrast, substantial reduction in endothelium-independent function was observed only in the CKD group, suggesting differences in severity and pathophysiology of vascular dysfunction between CKD and other disease states.
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