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Association of Serum Potassium with All-Cause Mortality in Patients with and without Heart Failure, Chronic Kidney Disease, and/or Diabetes.


ABSTRACT:

Background

The relationship between serum potassium, mortality, and conditions commonly associated with dyskalemias, such as heart failure (HF), chronic kidney disease (CKD), and/or diabetes mellitus (DM) is largely unknown.

Methods

We reviewed electronic medical record data from a geographically diverse population (n = 911,698) receiving medical care, determined the distribution of serum potassium, and the relationship between an index potassium value and mortality over an 18-month period in those with and without HF, CKD, and/or DM. We examined the association between all-cause mortality and potassium using a cubic spline regression analysis in the total population, a control group, and in HF, CKD, DM, and a combined cohort.

Results

27.6% had a potassium <4.0 mEq/L, and 5.7% had a value ?5.0 mEq/L. A U-shaped association was noted between serum potassium and mortality in all groups, with lowest all-cause mortality in controls with potassium values between 4.0 and <5.0 mEq/L. All-cause mortality rates per index potassium between 2.5 and 8.0 mEq/L were consistently greater with HF 22%, CKD 16.6%, and DM 6.6% vs. controls 1.2%, and highest in the combined cohort 29.7%. Higher mortality rates were noted in those aged ?65 vs. 50-64 years. In an adjusted model, all-cause mortality was significantly elevated for every 0.1 mEq/L change in potassium <4.0 mEq/L and ?5.0 mEq/L. Diuretics and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors were related to hypokalemia and hyperkalemia respectively.

Conclusion

Mortality risk progressively increased with dyskalemia and was differentially greater in those with HF, CKD, or DM.

SUBMITTER: Collins AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5637309 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Association of Serum Potassium with All-Cause Mortality in Patients with and without Heart Failure, Chronic Kidney Disease, and/or Diabetes.

Collins Allan J AJ   Pitt Bertram B   Reaven Nancy N   Funk Susan S   McGaughey Karen K   Wilson Daniel D   Bushinsky David A DA  

American journal of nephrology 20170902 3


<h4>Background</h4>The relationship between serum potassium, mortality, and conditions commonly associated with dyskalemias, such as heart failure (HF), chronic kidney disease (CKD), and/or diabetes mellitus (DM) is largely unknown.<h4>Methods</h4>We reviewed electronic medical record data from a geographically diverse population (n = 911,698) receiving medical care, determined the distribution of serum potassium, and the relationship between an index potassium value and mortality over an 18-mon  ...[more]

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