Ayumu Kimura1, Marenao Tanaka2, Norihito Moniwa1, Arata Osanami1, Koki Abe1,3, Daisuke Miyamori1, Yufu Gocho1, Satoru Shibata1,4, Makoto Terasawa1, Yusuke Okazaki1,4, Tomohisa Yamashita1,5, Masayuki Koyama1,6, Masato Furuhashi1, Hirofumi Ohnishi1,6, Tetsuji Miura1. 1. Department of Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, S-1, W-16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-8543, Japan. 2. Department of Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, S-1, W-16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-8543, Japan. matanaka@sapmed.ac.jp. 3. Department of Nephrology, Teine Keijinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Japan. 4. Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Diabetology, Steel Memorial Muroran Hospital, Muroran, Japan. 5. Department of Nephrology, Asahikawa Red Cross Hospital, Asahikawa, Japan. 6. Department of Public Health, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an established risk factor for ischemic stroke in a general population. However, its impact in patients on hemodialysis (HD), a group with a high risk for stroke, is still controversial. Here we examined this issue in a Japanese cohort. METHODS: This study was designed as a multicenter cohort study. HD patients (n = 1,067) were enrolled from 22 institutes in January 2009 and followed up for 3 years. Patients with missing data (n = 196) or kidney transplantation (n = 4) were excluded, and 867 patients contributed to the analysis of the risk of new-onset of ischemic stroke. RESULTS: At baseline, AF was observed in 123 patients (14.2%, AF group) and not in the others (n = 744: 85.8%, non-AF group). During a follow-up period of 31.3 months, the cumulative incidence rate for ischemic stroke was significantly higher in the AF group than in the non-AF group (6.5% vs. 2.9%, p < 0.05). In Cox regression analysis, AF was a significant independent risk factor for new-onset of ischemic stroke after adjustment for age, sex, prior history of ischemic stroke, use of warfarin, dialysis vintage, comorbidity of diabetic nephropathy, and interdialytic weight gain (hazard ratio 2.17-2.68). CONCLUSION: Present analyses using comprehensive adjustment for multiple confounders, including prior history of ischemic stroke, indicated that AF independently increases the risk of new-onset of ischemic stroke by more than twofold in Japanese HD patients.
BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an established risk factor for ischemic stroke in a general population. However, its impact in patients on hemodialysis (HD), a group with a high risk for stroke, is still controversial. Here we examined this issue in a Japanese cohort. METHODS: This study was designed as a multicenter cohort study. HDpatients (n = 1,067) were enrolled from 22 institutes in January 2009 and followed up for 3 years. Patients with missing data (n = 196) or kidney transplantation (n = 4) were excluded, and 867 patients contributed to the analysis of the risk of new-onset of ischemic stroke. RESULTS: At baseline, AF was observed in 123 patients (14.2%, AF group) and not in the others (n = 744: 85.8%, non-AF group). During a follow-up period of 31.3 months, the cumulative incidence rate for ischemic stroke was significantly higher in the AF group than in the non-AF group (6.5% vs. 2.9%, p < 0.05). In Cox regression analysis, AF was a significant independent risk factor for new-onset of ischemic stroke after adjustment for age, sex, prior history of ischemic stroke, use of warfarin, dialysis vintage, comorbidity of diabetic nephropathy, and interdialytic weight gain (hazard ratio 2.17-2.68). CONCLUSION: Present analyses using comprehensive adjustment for multiple confounders, including prior history of ischemic stroke, indicated that AF independently increases the risk of new-onset of ischemic stroke by more than twofold in Japanese HDpatients.
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Atrial fibrillation; Cohort study; Hemodialysis; Ischemic stroke; Prior history of ischemic stroke
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