Risk factors for heart valve calcification in chronic kidney disease

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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a common cause of death in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Aortic and mitral valve calcification (AVC and MVC, respectively) are critical indicators of CVD and all-cause mortality in CKD patients.

We conducted a single center retrospective study of Chinese inpatients with CKD to identify risk factors associated with valve calcification (VC).

Of 288 enrolled CKD patients, 22.9% had VC, all of which exhibited AVC, while 21.2% exhibited MVC. The VC group were significantly older than the non-VC group (70.42 ± 11.83 vs 56.47 ± 15.00, P < .001), and contained more patients with history of coronary artery disease (12.1% vs 4.5%, P = .025) or stroke (18.2% vs 5.4%, P < .001). Subjective global assessment scoring indicated that more VC patients were mid/severely malnourished. Levels of prealbumin, cholesterol (Ch), triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein (LDL), apolipoprotein E, ejection fraction, and fraction shortening were significantly lower, and blood C reactive protein, IL-6, left ventricular internal end diastole diameter measured in end diastole, and interventricular septum thickness (IVST) levels were significantly higher in the VC group. Bone metabolism did not differ significantly between the 2 groups. Multivariable logistic regression analysis indicated that age, blood Ch, and LDL levels were significantly associated with VC.

Advanced age, increased IVST, hypocholesterolemia, and hyper-LDL cholesterolemia were key risk factors for VC in Han patients with CKD.

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Medicine (Baltimore)

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Medicine (Baltimore)

Journal ID (publisher-id): MEDI

Title: Medicine

Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health

ISSN (Print): 0025-7974

ISSN (Electronic): 1536-5964

Publication date Collection: February 2018

Publication date (Electronic): 02 February 2018

Volume: 97

Issue: 5

Electronic Location Identifier: e9804

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[a ]Department of Nephrology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai

[b ]Department of Nephrology, Baoji City Chinese Medicine Hospital, Baoji, Shaanxi

[c ]Department of Ultrasound, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.

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[∗ ]Correspondence: Xiucai Jin, Department of Ultrasound, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China (e-mail: goldenxc@ 123456126.com ); Weijie Yuan, Department of Nephrology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200080, China (e-mail: ywj7708@ 123456163.com ).

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Publisher ID: MD-D-17-00899 Accession ID: 09804

DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000009804

PMC ID: 5805452

PubMed ID: 29384880

SO-VID: ebd77473-22e8-4485-b67c-1f4015763a87

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Date received : 13 February 2017

Date revision received : 8 January 2018

Date accepted : 16 January 2018

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Recommendations for quantitation of the left ventricle by two-dimensional echocardiography. American Society of Echocardiography Committee on Standards, Subcommittee on Quantitation of Two-Dimensional Echocardiograms.

Death risk in hemodialysis patients: the predictive value of commonly measured variables and an evaluation of death rate differences between facilities.

The obesity paradox: body mass index and outcomes in patients with heart failure.

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