Association of kidney function and uncarboxylated matrix Gla protein: Data from the Heart and Soul Study
| Autor: | Mary A. Whooley, Cees Vermeer, Joachim H. Ix, Benjamin D. Parker, Ellen C. M. Cranenburg, Leon J. Schurgers |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Urology Renal function Kidney chemistry.chemical_compound Internal medicine Diabetes mellitus Matrix gla protein medicine Humans Aged Extracellular Matrix Proteins Transplantation Creatinine biology business.industry Vascular disease Calcium-Binding Proteins nutritional and metabolic diseases medicine.disease Cross-Sectional Studies Endocrinology chemistry Cardiovascular Diseases Nephrology Clinical Nephrology Disease Progression biology.protein Female Hemodialysis business Kidney disease Calcification |
| Zdroj: | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 24:2095-2101 |
| ISSN: | 1460-2385 0931-0509 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/ndt/gfp024 |
| Popis: | Vascular calcification is highly prevalent in persons with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and predicts cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. Matrix Gla protein (MGP) is a potent inhibitor of vascular calcification, and lower levels of its precursor-uncarboxylated MGP (ucMGP)--are associated with vascular calcification and atherosclerosis. Whether mild to moderate decrements in kidney function are associated with lower serum ucMGP is unknown.In a cross-sectional study among 842 outpatients with stable CVD, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), serum cystatin-C and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) were measured and serum ucMGP levels were determined by ELISA. Multivariate linear regression evaluated the association of each kidney function measure with serum ucMGP levels.The mean eGFR was 76 +/- 23 mL/min/1.73 m(2), and 186 subjects (22%) had moderate CKD (eGFR60 mL/min/1.73 m(2)). The mean +/- SD ucMGP level was 3289 +/- 1177 nM. In unadjusted analysis, each 10 mL/ min/1.73 m(2) lower eGFR was associated with 101 nM lower ucMGP level. This association was only minimally attenuated in final multivariate models wherein each 10 mL/ min/1.73 m(2) lower eGFR was associated with 79 nM lower ucMGP (95% confidence interval [CI]; 44 to 115; P0.001) after adjustment for age, sex, race, body mass index, blood pressure, smoking, hypertension, diabetes; and serum albumin, calcium, phosphorus, and fetuin-A levels. Similarly, in models adjusted for identical covariates, each 0.1 mg/L higher cystatin-C was associated with 39 nM lower ucMGP (95% CI 23 to 55; P0.001). In contrast, no significant association was observed between ACR and ucMGP in either unadjusted or adjusted analyses (adjusted P = 0.17). All associations were similar among subjects with or without diabetes (P-values for interaction0.50).Among outpatients with stable CVD, a reduced glomerular filtration rate is associated with a decreased serum ucMGP level. In contrast, ACR is not associated with ucMGP levels. Whether ucMGP is a useful marker of vascular calcification and CVD event risk in persons with CKD deserves future study. |
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