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Observational Study
Serum sodium and mortality in a national peritoneal dialysis cohort.
Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation 2017 July 2
Background: Sodium disarrays are common in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients, and may be associated with adverse outcomes in this population. However, few studies of limited sample size have examined the association of serum sodium with mortality in PD patients, with inconsistent results. We hypothesized that both hypo- and hypernatremia are associated with higher death risk in a nationally representative cohort of US PD patients.
Methods: We sought to examine the association of serum sodium over time and mortality among 4687 adult incident PD patients from a large US dialysis organization who underwent one or more serum sodium measurements within the first 3 months of dialysis over January 2007 to December 2011. We examined the association of time-dependent and baseline sodium with all-cause mortality as a proxy of short- and long-term sodium-mortality associations, respectively. Hazard ratios were estimated using Cox models with three adjustment levels: minimally adjusted, case-mix adjusted, and case-mix + laboratory adjusted.
Results: In time-dependent analyses, sodium levels <140 mEq/L were associated with incrementally higher death risk in case-mix models (ref: 140 to <142 mEq/L); following laboratory covariate adjustment, associations between lower sodium and higher mortality remained significant for levels <136 mEq/L. In analyses using baseline values, sodium levels <140 mEq/L were associated with higher mortality risk across all models (ref: 140 to <142 mEq/L).
Conclusions: In PD patients, lower time-dependent and baseline sodium levels were independently associated with higher death risk. Further studies are needed to determine whether correction of dysnatremia improves longevity in this population.
Methods: We sought to examine the association of serum sodium over time and mortality among 4687 adult incident PD patients from a large US dialysis organization who underwent one or more serum sodium measurements within the first 3 months of dialysis over January 2007 to December 2011. We examined the association of time-dependent and baseline sodium with all-cause mortality as a proxy of short- and long-term sodium-mortality associations, respectively. Hazard ratios were estimated using Cox models with three adjustment levels: minimally adjusted, case-mix adjusted, and case-mix + laboratory adjusted.
Results: In time-dependent analyses, sodium levels <140 mEq/L were associated with incrementally higher death risk in case-mix models (ref: 140 to <142 mEq/L); following laboratory covariate adjustment, associations between lower sodium and higher mortality remained significant for levels <136 mEq/L. In analyses using baseline values, sodium levels <140 mEq/L were associated with higher mortality risk across all models (ref: 140 to <142 mEq/L).
Conclusions: In PD patients, lower time-dependent and baseline sodium levels were independently associated with higher death risk. Further studies are needed to determine whether correction of dysnatremia improves longevity in this population.
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