Daniel Edmonston1, Daniel Wojdyla2, Rupal Mehta3, Xuan Cai4, Claudia Lora5, Debbie Cohen6, Raymond R Townsend6, Jiang He7, Alan S Go8, John Kusek9, Matthew R Weir10, Tamara Isakova3, Michael Pencina11, Myles Wolf12. 1. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Durham, NC; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC. 2. Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC. 3. Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Center for Translational Metabolism and Health, Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL. 4. Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL. 5. Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. 6. Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. 7. Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA. 8. Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research, Oakland, CA. 9. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda. 10. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. 11. Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC. 12. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Durham, NC; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC. Electronic address: myles.wolf@duke.edu.
Abstract
RATIONALE & OBJECTIVE: An elevated fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23) level is independently associated with adverse outcomes in populations with chronic kidney disease, but it is unknown whether FGF-23 testing can improve clinical risk prediction in individuals. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING & PARTICIPANTS: Participants in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study (n = 3,789). EXPOSURE: Baseline carboxy-terminal FGF-23 (cFGF-23) level. OUTCOMES: All-cause and cardiovascular (CV) mortality, incident end-stage renal disease (ESRD), heart failure (HF) admission, and atherosclerotic events at 3, 5, and 8 years. ANALYTICAL APPROACH: We assessed changes in model performance by change in area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (ΔAUC), integrated discrimination improvement (IDI), relative IDI, and net reclassification index (NRI) above standard clinical factors. We performed sensitivity analyses, including an additional model comparing the addition of phosphate rather than cFGF-23 level and repeating our analyses using an internal cross-validation cohort. RESULTS: Addition of a single baseline value of cFGF-23 to a base prediction model improved prediction of all-cause mortality (ΔAUC, 0.017 [95% CI, 0.001-0.033]; IDI, 0.021 [95% CI, 0.006-0.036]; relative IDI, 32.7% [95% CI, 8.5%-56.9%]), and HF admission (ΔAUC, 0.008 [95% CI, 0.0004-0.016]; IDI, 0.019 [95% CI, 0.004-0.034]; relative IDI, 10.0% [95% CI, 1.8%-18.3%]), but not CV mortality, ESRD, or atherosclerotic events at 3 years of follow-up. The NRI did not reach statistical significance for any of the 3-year outcomes. The incremental predictive utility of cFGF-23 level diminished in analyses of the 5- and 8-year outcomes. The cFGF-23 models outperformed the phosphate model for each outcome. LIMITATIONS: Power to detect increased CV mortality likely limited by low event rate. The NRI is not generalizable without accepted prespecified risk thresholds. CONCLUSIONS: Among individuals with CKD, single measurements of cFGF-23 improve prediction of risks for all-cause mortality and HF admission but not CV mortality, ESRD, or atherosclerotic events. Future studies should evaluate the predictive utility of repeated cFGF-23 testing.
RATIONALE & OBJECTIVE: An elevated fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23) level is independently associated with adverse outcomes in populations with chronic kidney disease, but it is unknown whether FGF-23 testing can improve clinical risk prediction in individuals. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING & PARTICIPANTS: Participants in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study (n = 3,789). EXPOSURE: Baseline carboxy-terminal FGF-23 (cFGF-23) level. OUTCOMES: All-cause and cardiovascular (CV) mortality, incident end-stage renal disease (ESRD), heart failure (HF) admission, and atherosclerotic events at 3, 5, and 8 years. ANALYTICAL APPROACH: We assessed changes in model performance by change in area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (ΔAUC), integrated discrimination improvement (IDI), relative IDI, and net reclassification index (NRI) above standard clinical factors. We performed sensitivity analyses, including an additional model comparing the addition of phosphate rather than cFGF-23 level and repeating our analyses using an internal cross-validation cohort. RESULTS: Addition of a single baseline value of cFGF-23 to a base prediction model improved prediction of all-cause mortality (ΔAUC, 0.017 [95% CI, 0.001-0.033]; IDI, 0.021 [95% CI, 0.006-0.036]; relative IDI, 32.7% [95% CI, 8.5%-56.9%]), and HF admission (ΔAUC, 0.008 [95% CI, 0.0004-0.016]; IDI, 0.019 [95% CI, 0.004-0.034]; relative IDI, 10.0% [95% CI, 1.8%-18.3%]), but not CV mortality, ESRD, or atherosclerotic events at 3 years of follow-up. The NRI did not reach statistical significance for any of the 3-year outcomes. The incremental predictive utility of cFGF-23 level diminished in analyses of the 5- and 8-year outcomes. The cFGF-23 models outperformed the phosphate model for each outcome. LIMITATIONS: Power to detect increased CV mortality likely limited by low event rate. The NRI is not generalizable without accepted prespecified risk thresholds. CONCLUSIONS: Among individuals with CKD, single measurements of cFGF-23 improve prediction of risks for all-cause mortality and HF admission but not CV mortality, ESRD, or atherosclerotic events. Future studies should evaluate the predictive utility of repeated cFGF-23 testing.
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