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Marlies Noordzij

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Mineral metabolism and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality risk: peritoneal dialysis patients compared with haemodialysis patients.

BACKGROUND: The K/DOQI guideline for bone metabolism and disease in chronic kidney disease is predominantly based on studies in haemodialysis (HD) patients. However, in clinical practice, this guideline is also applied to peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. To validate the implementation of this guideline in PD patients, we evaluated the associations between plasma concentrations outside the K/DOQI-targets and the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in incident PD patients compared with HD patients. METHODS: In a large prospective multicentre study in the Netherlands (The Netherlands Cooperative Study on the Adequacy of Dialysis, NECOSAD), we included patients starting PD or HD between 1997 and 2004. Relative risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality were estimated using time-dependent Cox regression modelling. RESULTS: We included 586 PD patients with mean age 52 +/- 15 years (66% males) and 1043 HD patients with mean age 63 +/- 14 years (58% males). Cardiovascular disease (CVD) was the reason for hospitalization in 102 PD and 271 HD patients. In HD patients, the relative risk of CVD-related hospitalization increased with elevated plasma calcium concentrations (hazard ratio: 1.4; 95% CI: 1.1-1.9). Cardiovascular mortality was significantly higher for phosphorus concentrations above the K/DOQI-threshold in PD (2.4; 95% CI: 1.3-4.2) and HD patients (1.5; 95% CI: 1.1-2.1), and for elevated Ca x P in PD (2.2; 95% CI: 1.3-3.8) and HD patients (1.5; 95% CI: 1.1-2.1). CONCLUSIONS: Plasma calcium concentrations above the K/DOQI-threshold increase the relative risk of CVD-related hospitalization in HD patients. Associations with cardiovascular mortality were more pronounced. Both in PD and HD patients with elevated plasma phosphorus and Ca x P concentrations, the cardiovascular mortality risk is increased. Therefore, it seems appropriate to adopt the current guideline in PD patients.

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The Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (K/DOQI) Guideline for Bone Metabolism and Disease in CKD: association with mortality in dialysis patients.

BACKGROUND: In 2003, the National Kidney Foundation-Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (K/DOQI) published a guideline recommending tight control of serum calcium, phosphorus, calcium-phosphorus product (Ca x P), and intact parathyroid hormone levels in patients with chronic kidney disease. Within the context of this guideline, we explored associations of these plasma concentrations with all-cause mortality risk in incident dialysis patients in The Netherlands. METHODS: In a large, prospective, multicenter, cohort study (Netherlands Cooperative Study on the Adequacy of Dialysis), we included 1,629 patients new on hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis therapy between 1997 and 2004. Multivariate Cox regression models containing calcium level, phosphorus level, intact parathyroid hormone level, age, comorbidity, primary kidney disease, nutritional status, albumin level, dialysis dose, and hemoglobin level were used to examine mortality risks. RESULTS: Mean age was 60 +/- 15 (SD) years, 61% were men, and 64% were treated with hemodialysis. In adjusted time-dependent survival analysis, all-cause mortality risk increased in hemodialysis patients by 40% (hazard ratio [HR], 1.4; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.1 to 1.7) and in peritoneal dialysis patients by 60% (HR, 1.6; 95% CI, 1.1 to 2.4) for plasma phosphorus levels greater than the target. In addition, having elevated plasma Ca x P product levels increased mortality risk by 40% (HR, 1.4; 95% CI, 1.1 to 1.8) in hemodialysis patients and 50% in peritoneal dialysis patients (HR, 1.5; 95% CI, 1.0 to 2.2). In both patient groups, no significant effects were observed for plasma levels less than the targets. CONCLUSION: In time-dependent survival analysis, the presence of plasma phosphorus and Ca x P product concentrations greater than K/DOQI targets increased all-cause mortality risk in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients.

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Blood pressure response to chronic intake of coffee and caffeine: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

PURPOSE: Coffee is a widely consumed beverage and small health effects of substances in coffee may have large public health consequences. It has been suggested that caffeine in coffee increases the risk of hypertension. We performed a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of coffee or caffeine and blood pressure (BP). DATA IDENTIFICATION: BP trials of coffee or caffeine published between January 1966 and January 2003 were identified through literature databases and manual search. STUDY SELECTION: A total of 16 studies with a randomized, controlled design and at least 7 days of intervention was selected, comprising 25 strata and 1010 subjects. DATA EXTRACTION: Two persons independently obtained data on sample size, type and duration of intervention, changes in BP and heart rate (HR), and subjects' characteristics for each trial. Meta-analysis was performed using a random-effects model. RESULTS: A significant rise of 2.04 mmHg [95% confidence interval (CI), 1.10-2.99] in systolic BP and 0.73 mmHg (95% CI, 0.14-1.31) in diastolic BP was found after pooling of coffee and caffeine trials. When coffee trials (n = 18, median intake: 725 ml/day) and caffeine trials (n = 7, median dose: 410 mg/day) were analysed separately, BP elevations appeared to be larger for caffeine [systolic: 4.16 mmHg (2.13-6.20); diastolic: 2.41 mmHg (0.98-3.84)] than for coffee [systolic: 1.22 mmHg (0.52-1.92) and diastolic: 0.49 mmHg (-0.06-1.04)]. Effects on HR were negligible. CONCLUSIONS: Regular caffeine intake increases BP. When ingested through coffee, however, the blood pressure effect of caffeine is small.

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