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Effect of Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Blockade on Outcomes in Patients With ESRD: A Prospective Cohort Study in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Conflicting results still exist regarding the benefit of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) blockade on clinical outcomes in dialysis patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of RAAS blockade on survival in Korean patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).

Methods

Our analysis was based on the data of 5223 patients enrolled from the Clinical Research Center for ESRD, a nationwide prospective observational cohort. Multivariate Cox regression was applied for risk factor analysis with the cumulative duration of RAAS blockade use as time-varying covariate. The risks for mortality from all causes and major cardiovascular event-free survival were estimated.

Results

Compared to the control group, patients in the RAAS group were younger but had a higher proportion of diabetes mellitus, had higher systolic blood pressure, required a greater number of prescribed antihypertensive drugs, and had a longer dialysis duration. On multivariate time-varying Cox regression analysis, the RAAS group with cumulative duration of >90 days was significantly associated with a lower risk of mortality from all causes after adjustment for confounding (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.45, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.35-0.58, P < 0.0001). Major cardiovascular event-free survival was also better for the RAAS group than for the control group on multivariate analysis (HR = 0.27, 95% CI = 0.20-0.37, P < 0.0001), considering the cumulative duration of RAAS blockade use.

Conclusion

In Korean patients with ESRD, we reported a specific benefit of RAAS blockade in improving overall survival after adjustment for confounding factors from real-world data.

SUBMITTER: Yoo KD

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6224622 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Effect of Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Blockade on Outcomes in Patients With ESRD: A Prospective Cohort Study in Korea.

Yoo Kyung Don KD Kim Clara Tammy CT Kim Yunmi Y Kim Hyo Jin HJ Park Jae Yoon JY Park Ji In JI Oh Yun Kyu YK Kang Shin-Wook SW Yang Chul Woo CW Kim Yong-Lim YL Kim Yon Su YS Lim Chun Soo CS Lee Jung Pyo JP

Kidney international reports 20180804 6

<h4>Introduction</h4>Conflicting results still exist regarding the benefit of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) blockade on clinical outcomes in dialysis patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of RAAS blockade on survival in Korean patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).<h4>Methods</h4>Our analysis was based on the data of 5223 patients enrolled from the Clinical Research Center for ESRD, a nationwide prospective observational cohort. Multivariate Cox regress ...[more]

PMID: 30450465

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Effect of Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Blockade on Outcomes in Patients With ESRD: A Prospective Cohort Study in Korea.

Introduction

Methods

Results

Conclusion

Publications

Effect of Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Blockade on Outcomes in Patients With ESRD: A Prospective Cohort Study in Korea.

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