Apolipoprotein A-IV concentrations and clinical outcomes in a large chronic kidney disease cohort: Results from the GCKD study.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) represents a chronic proinflammatory state and is associated with very high cardiovascular risk. Apolipoprotein A-IV (apoA-IV) has antiatherogenic, antioxidative, anti-inflammatory and antithrombotic properties and levels increase significantly during the course of CKD.

OBJECTIVES:

We aimed to investigate the association between apoA-IV and all-cause mortality and cardiovascular outcomes in the German Chronic Kidney Disease study.

METHODS:

This was a prospective cohort study including 5141 Caucasian patients with available apoA-IV measurements and CKD. The majority of the patients had an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of 30-60 ml/min/1.73m2 or an eGFR >60 ml/min/1.73m2 in the presence of overt proteinuria. Median follow-up was 6.5 years. The association of apoA-IV with comorbidities at baseline and endpoints during follow-up was modelled adjusting for major confounders.

RESULTS:

Mean apoA-IV concentrations of the entire cohort were 28.9 ± 9.8 mg/dl. Patients in the highest apoA-IV quartile had the lowest high-sensitivity C-reactive protein values despite the highest prevalence of diabetes, albuminuria and the lowest eGFR. Each 10 mg/dl higher apoA-IV translated into lower odds of prevalent cardiovascular disease (1289 cases, odds ratio = 0.80, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.72-0.86, p = 0.0000003). During follow-up, each 10 mg/dl higher apoA-IV was significantly associated with a lower risk for all-cause mortality (600 cases, hazard ratio [HR] = 0.81, 95% CI 0.73-0.89, p = 0.00004), incident major adverse cardiovascular events (506 cases, HR = 0.88, 95% CI 0.79-0.99, p = 0.03) and death or hospitalizations due to heart failure (346 cases, HR = 0.84, 95% CI 0.73-0.96, p = 0.01).

CONCLUSIONS:

These data support a link between elevated apoA-IV concentrations and reduced inflammation in moderate CKD. ApoA-IV appears to be an independent risk marker for reduced all-cause mortality, cardiovascular events and heart failure in a large cohort of patients with CKD.

• Authors: Johannes P Schwaiger, Barbara Kollerits, Inga Steinbrenner, Hansi Weissensteiner, Sebastian Schönherr, Lukas Forer, Fruzsina Kotsis, Claudia Lamina, Markus P Schneider, Ulla T Schultheiss, Christoph Wanner, Anna Köttgen, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Florian Kronenberg, GCKD Investigators
• Journal: Journal of internal medicine (J Intern Med) Vol. 291 Issue 5 Pg. 622-636 (05 2022) ISSN: 1365-2796 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 34914850 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
• Copyright: © 2021 The Authors. Journal of Internal Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Association for Publication of The Journal of Internal Medicine.

Chemical References

• Apolipoproteins A
• apolipoprotein A-IV

Topics

• Apolipoproteins A
• Cardiovascular Diseases (epidemiology)
• Glomerular Filtration Rate
• Heart Failure
• Humans
• Prospective Studies
• Renal Insufficiency, Chronic (epidemiology)
• Risk Factors