Hepcidin serum levels and resistance to recombinant human erythropoietin therapy in hemodialysis patients

Autor: Inga Arūnė Bumblytė, Kristina Petrulienė, Irena Nedzelskienė, Vytautas Kuzminskis, Edita Žiginskienė
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Medicina
Volume 53
Issue 2
Pages 90-100
Medicina; Volume 53; Issue 2; Pages: 90-100
Medicina, Wrocław : Elsevier, 2017, vol. 53, no. 2, p. 90-100
Medicina, Vol 53, Iss 2, Pp 90-100 (2017)
ISSN: 1010-660X
1648-9144
DOI: 10.1016/j.medici.2017.03.001
Popis: Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the factors that are associated with the response to erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) and its association with hospitalization and mortality rates
to evaluate the serum hepcidin level and its associations with iron profile, inflammatory markers, ESA responsiveness, and mortality
and to determine independent factors affecting ERI and hepcidin.Materials and methods: To evaluate a dose-response effect of ESAs we used the erythropoietin resistance index (ERI). Patients were stratified in two groups: nonresponders and responders (ERI >
15, n = 20, and ERI ≤15 U/kg/week/g per 100 mL, n = 153, respectively). Hematological data, hepcidin levels, iron parameters, inflammatory markers, hospitalization and mortality rates were compared between the groups. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine independent factors affecting ERI and hepcidin.Results: C-reactive protein (CRP) (β = 0.078, P = 0.007), albumin (β = 0.436, P = 0.004), body mass index (β = 0.374, P <
0.001), and hospitalization rate per year (β = 3.017, P <
0.001) were found to be significant determinants of ERI in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients. Inadequate dialysis was associated with higher ERI. Patients with concomitant oncological diseases had higher ERI (31.2 ± 12.4 vs 9.7 ± 8.1 U/kg/week/g per 100 mL, P = 0.002). The hepcidin level was 158.51 ± 162.57 and 120.65 ± 67.28 ng/mL in nonresponders and responders, respectively (P = 0.33). Hepcidin correlated directly with ERI, dose of ESAs, ferritin and inversely with Hb, transferrin saturation, and albumin. ERI (β = 4.869, P = 0.002) and ferritin (β = 0.242, P = 0.003) were found to be significant determinants of hepcidin in MHD patients. The hospitalization rate per year was 2.35 ± 1.8 and 1.04 ± 1.04 in nonresponders and responders, respectively (P = 0.011). The mean length of one hospitalization was 25.12 ± 21.26 and 10.82 ± 17.25 days, respectively (P = 0.012). Death occurred in 30% of the patients from the responders' group and in 50% from the nonresponders' group (P = 0.289). The mean hepcidin concentration of patients who died was 141.9 ± 129.62 ng/mL and who survived, 132.98 ± 109.27 ng/mL (P = 0.797).Conclusions: CRP, albumin, BMI, and hospitalization rate per year were found to be significant determinants of ERI in MHD patients. Inadequate dialysis was associated with higher epoetin requirements. There were no difference in patient mortality by ERI, but a significant difference in hospitalization rates and mean length of one hospitalization was revealed. A significant positive relation between hepcidin and ERI was revealed. ERI and ferritin were found to be significant determinants of hepcidin in MHD patients. Hepcidin was not related to mortality.
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