Background: The mortality rate of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients is still high and controversies persist regarding the mortality predictor. This study was designed to identify the predictability of the extracellular water/intracellular water ratio (E/I) on mortality in PD patients. Methods: 227 incident PD patients were included. Time-dependent Cox proportional hazard regression was used to investigate the predictability of E/I on mortality. Results: The 2- and 3-year survival was 74 and 65%, respectively. Univariate Cox proportional hazard regression analysis showed that the significant predictors of mortality were age, sex, Charlson Comorbidity Index, total Kt/V, serum albumin, pulse pressure, presence of malnutrition, and E/I. However, the final Cox proportional hazard models revealed that E/I was the only significant predictor. For every increase of 0.1 in the E/I value, the relative risk of death was 1.368. Conclusions: E/I is a strong independent predictor of mortality in incident PD patients.
Background: A high peritoneal transport status in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients is associated with a markedly increased morbidity and mortality. While the causes are as yet unknown, overall the proportion of deaths due to cardiovascular disease is estimated at 40–50% among dialysis patients. Arterial stiffness has been established as a cardiovascular risk factor, while the links between peritoneal transport status and aortic stiffness have not yet been investigated. Methods: We included 65 prevalent CAPD patients (24 males/41 females) from our center in a cross-sectional study. Arterial stiffness was assessed by brachial pulse pressure (PP) and carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (C-F PWV). The patients’ peritoneal fluid transport was assessed by kinetic modeling. The patients’ peritoneal small solute transport rate was assessed by D/Pcr at 4 h. Extracellular water to total body water (E/T) ratio was assessed by means of bioimpedance analysis. C-reactive protein was also measured. Results: C-F PWV was positively correlated with patients’ age (r = 0.489, p < 0.01), diabetic status (r = 0.327, p < 0.01), peritoneal fluid absorption rate (Ke; r = 0.251, p < 0.05), PP (r = 0.483, p < 0.01), and E/T (r = 0.517, p < 0.01). Multivariate regression analysis showed that C-F PWV was independently related to E/T (p < 0.01), PP (p < 0.01), age (p < 0.05), and Ke (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Peritoneal fluid transport (Ke), as well as E/T, age and PP were found to be independent predictors of elevated C-F PWV in CAPD patients, suggesting that there might be a link between high aortic stiffness and increased Ke rate, hypothetically through generalized vasculopathy.
While cardiovascular disease accounts for 40-50% of the mortality in dialysis patients, and while a high peritoneal transport in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) is an independent predictor of outcome, it is unclear if there are any links. Aortic stiffness has become established as a cardiovascular risk factor. We thus studied pulse wave velocity (PWV) in CAPD patients to explore the possible link between peritoneal small solute transport and aortic stiffness. CAPD patients (n = 76, 27 M/49 F) in our center were included in the present study. Aortic stiffness was assessed by brachial pulse pressure (PP) and carotid-femoral PWV. Patients' peritoneal small solute transport rate was assessed by D/P(cr) at 4 h. Extracellular water over total body water (E/T ratio) was assessed by means of bioimpedance analysis. C-reactive protein was also measured. Carotid-femoral PWV was positively associated with patients' age (r = 0.555; P < 0.01), time on peritoneal dialysis (r = 0.332; P < 0.01), diabetic status (r = 0.319; P < 0.01), D/P(cr) (r = 0.241; P < 0.05), PP (r = 0.475; P < 0.01), and E/T (r = 0.606; P < 0.01). In a multivariate regression analysis, carotid-femoral PWV was independently determined by E/T (P < 0.01), PP (P < 0.01), age (P < 0.01), and D/P(cr) (P < 0.05). D/P(cr), in addition to E/T, age, and PP, was an independent predictor of elevated carotid-femoral PWV in CAPD patients, suggesting that there might be a link between high aortic stiffness and increased peritoneal small solute transport rate.
Background: Malnutrition is a predictor of cardiovascular disease in dialysis patients, but the mechanisms remain unknown. We investigated links between nutritional markers and arterial stiffness in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients. Methods: We evaluated the relationship between arterial stiffness evaluated by pulse-wave velocity (PWV) and four estimates of nutritional status (serum albumin, handgrip strength [HGS], subjective global assessment [SGA], and bioelectrical impedance analysis phase angle [PA]) in 124 PD patients. Results: Malnourished patients exhibited a significantly higher PWV than those classified as well-nourished by SGA (p < 0.05). Furthermore, PWV correlated negatively with albumin, HGS and PA (p < 0.001, respectively). PWV was also correlated with age, systolic blood pressure, and C-reactive protein. In multivariate regression analysis, albumin, HGS, SGA and PA were each independently associated with PWV after adjustment. Conclusions: The significant association between each nutritional marker and PWV in PD patients was independent of inflammation and diabetic state, suggesting that malnutrition may contribute to vascular dysfunction.
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