TY - JOUR
T1 - Progression of Medial Arterial Calcification in CKD
AU - Manzoor, Shumila
AU - Ahmed, Syed
AU - Ali, Arshad
AU - Han, Kum Hyun
AU - Sechopoulos, Ioannis
AU - O'Neill, Ansley
AU - Fei, Baowei
AU - O'Neill, W. Charles
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the Data Analytics and Biostatistics Core within the Department of Medicine, Emory University. The assistance of Ms. Debra Carter in the Emory Breast Imaging Center is gratefully acknowledged.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 International Society of Nephrology
PY - 2018/11
Y1 - 2018/11
N2 - Introduction: Medial arterial calcification is common in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and portends poor clinical outcomes, but its progression relative to the severity of CKD and the role of other risk factors is unknown because of the lack of reliable quantification. Methods: Calcification of breast arteries detected by mammography, which is exclusively medial and correlates with medial calcification in peripheral arteries and with cardiovascular outcomes, was used to measure the progression of medial arterial calcification in women with CKD and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Measurements showed intra- and interobserver correlations of 0.98, an interstudy variability of 8% to 11%, and a correlation with computed tomographic measurements of 0.92. Results: Progression of calcification was measured in 60 control subjects (estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥ 90 ml/min per 1.73 m2) and 137 subjects with CKD (eGFR < 90 ml/min per 1.73 m2). Progression in control subjects was linear over time and independent of age. The rate of progression was increased in CKD but only at eGFR < 40 ml/min per 1.73 m2 (median, 8.1 vs. 3.9 mm/breast/yr in controls; P = 0.006). Progression accelerated markedly in subjects with ESRD (median, 20 mm/breast/yr; n = 36), but did not differ from controls after kidney transplantation (n = 25). Diabetes significantly augmented progression in subjects with CKD and ESRD but not in controls. Conclusion: Mammography is a convenient and reliable method to measure the progression of medial arterial calcification. Progression does not increase until advanced stages of CKD, accelerates markedly in ESRD, and returns to control rates after kidney transplantation. Diabetes significantly increases progression in CKD and ESRD.
AB - Introduction: Medial arterial calcification is common in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and portends poor clinical outcomes, but its progression relative to the severity of CKD and the role of other risk factors is unknown because of the lack of reliable quantification. Methods: Calcification of breast arteries detected by mammography, which is exclusively medial and correlates with medial calcification in peripheral arteries and with cardiovascular outcomes, was used to measure the progression of medial arterial calcification in women with CKD and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Measurements showed intra- and interobserver correlations of 0.98, an interstudy variability of 8% to 11%, and a correlation with computed tomographic measurements of 0.92. Results: Progression of calcification was measured in 60 control subjects (estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥ 90 ml/min per 1.73 m2) and 137 subjects with CKD (eGFR < 90 ml/min per 1.73 m2). Progression in control subjects was linear over time and independent of age. The rate of progression was increased in CKD but only at eGFR < 40 ml/min per 1.73 m2 (median, 8.1 vs. 3.9 mm/breast/yr in controls; P = 0.006). Progression accelerated markedly in subjects with ESRD (median, 20 mm/breast/yr; n = 36), but did not differ from controls after kidney transplantation (n = 25). Diabetes significantly augmented progression in subjects with CKD and ESRD but not in controls. Conclusion: Mammography is a convenient and reliable method to measure the progression of medial arterial calcification. Progression does not increase until advanced stages of CKD, accelerates markedly in ESRD, and returns to control rates after kidney transplantation. Diabetes significantly increases progression in CKD and ESRD.
KW - ESRD
KW - diabetes
KW - mammography
KW - vascular calcification
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ekir.2018.07.011
DO - 10.1016/j.ekir.2018.07.011
M3 - Article
C2 - 30450459
AN - SCOPUS:85054145767
SN - 2468-0249
VL - 3
SP - 1328
EP - 1335
JO - Kidney International Reports
JF - Kidney International Reports
IS - 6
ER -