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Fibroblast growth factor 23 and risks of mortality and end-stage renal disease in patients with chronic kidney disease.

AbstractCONTEXT:
A high level of the phosphate-regulating hormone fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23) is associated with mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease, but little is known about its relationship with adverse outcomes in the much larger population of patients with earlier stages of chronic kidney disease.
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate FGF-23 as a risk factor for adverse outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease.
DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:
A prospective study of 3879 participants with chronic kidney disease stages 2 through 4 who enrolled in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort between June 2003 and September 2008.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:
All-cause mortality and end-stage renal disease.
RESULTS:
At study enrollment, the mean (SD) estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was 42.8 (13.5) mL/min/1.73 m(2), and the median FGF-23 level was 145.5 RU/mL (interquartile range [IQR], 96-239 reference unit [RU]/mL). During a median follow-up of 3.5 years (IQR, 2.5-4.4 years), 266 participants died (20.3/1000 person-years) and 410 reached end-stage renal disease (33.0/1000 person-years). In adjusted analyses, higher levels of FGF-23 were independently associated with a greater risk of death (hazard ratio [HR], per SD of natural log-transformed FGF-23, 1.5; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.3-1.7). Mortality risk increased by quartile of FGF-23: the HR was 1.3 (95% CI, 0.8-2.2) for the second quartile, 2.0 (95% CI, 1.2-3.3) for the third quartile, and 3.0 (95% CI, 1.8-5.1) for the fourth quartile. Elevated fibroblast growth factor 23 was independently associated with significantly higher risk of end-stage renal disease among participants with an estimated GFR between 30 and 44 mL/min/1.73 m(2) (HR, 1.3 per SD of FGF-23 natural log-transformed FGF-23; 95% CI, 1.04-1.6) and 45 mL/min/1.73 m(2) or higher (HR, 1.7; 95% CI, 1.1-2.4), but not less than 30 mL/min/1.73 m(2).
CONCLUSION:
Elevated FGF-23 is an independent risk factor for end-stage renal disease in patients with relatively preserved kidney function and for mortality across the spectrum of chronic kidney disease.
AuthorsTamara Isakova, Huiliang Xie, Wei Yang, Dawei Xie, Amanda Hyre Anderson, Julia Scialla, Patricia Wahl, Orlando M Gutiérrez, Susan Steigerwalt, Jiang He, Stanley Schwartz, Joan Lo, Akinlolu Ojo, James Sondheimer, Chi-yuan Hsu, James Lash, Mary Leonard, John W Kusek, Harold I Feldman, Myles Wolf, Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study Group
JournalJAMA (JAMA) Vol. 305 Issue 23 Pg. 2432-9 (Jun 15 2011) ISSN: 1538-3598 [Electronic] United States
PMID21673295 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural)
Chemical References
  • Biomarkers
  • FGF23 protein, human
  • Fibroblast Growth Factors
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor-23
Topics
  • Aged
  • Biomarkers (blood)
  • Chronic Disease
  • Disease Progression
  • Female
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor-23
  • Fibroblast Growth Factors (blood)
  • Glomerular Filtration Rate
  • Humans
  • Kidney Diseases (blood, mortality)
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic (blood, mortality)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care
  • Prognosis
  • Prospective Studies
  • Risk Factors

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