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CLINICAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY
Volume 14, Issue 10, Pages 1512-1520Publisher
AMER SOC NEPHROLOGY
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.00540119
Keywords
advanced glycation end-product; cardiovascular mortality; renal transplantation; oxidative stress; endothelial dysfunction; humans; area under curve; ROC curve; Glycation End Products; Advanced; confidence interval; Transplantation; Homologous; kidney transplantation; allografts; kidney diseases; kidney disease; fibrosis; biopsy; kidney biopsy; magnetic resonance imaging; hypoxia; glomerulonephritis; oxygen; cardiovascular disease; cohort studies
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- Dutch Kidney Foundation [C00.1877]
- Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica [F 72190118]
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Background and objectives In kidney transplant recipients, elevated circulating advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) are the result of increased formation and decreased kidney clearance. AGEs trigger several intracellular mechanisms that ultimately yield excess cardiovascular disease. We hypothesized that, in stable kidney transplant recipients, circulating AGEs are associated with long-term risk of cardiovascular mortality, and that such a relationship is mediated by inflammatory, oxidative stress, and endothelial dysfunction biomarkers. Design, setting, participants, & measurements Prospective cohort study of stable kidney transplant recipients recruited between 2001 and 2003 in a university setting. We performed multivariable-adjusted Cox regression analyses to assess the association of AGEs (i.e., N-epsilon-[Carboxymethyl]lysine (CML) and N-epsilon-[Carboxyethyl]lysine (CEL), measured by tandem mass spectrometry) with cardiovascular mortality. Mediation analyses were performed according to Preacher and Hayes's procedure. Results We included 555 kidney transplant recipients (age 51-12 years, 56% men). During a median follow-up of 6.9 years, 122 kidney transplant recipients died (52% deaths were due to cardiovascular causes). CML and CEL concentrations were directly associated with cardiovascular mortality (respectively, hazard ratio, 1.55; 95% confidence interval, 1.24 to 1.95; P<0.001; and hazard ratio, 1.53; 95% confidence interval 1.18 to 1.98; P=0.002), independent of age, diabetes, smoking status, body mass index, eGFR and proteinuria. Further adjustments, including cardiovascular history, did not materially change these findings. In mediation analyses, free thiol groups and soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 consistently explained approximately 35% of the association of CML and CEL with cardiovascular mortality. Conclusions In stable kidney transplant recipients, circulating levels of AGEs are independently associated with long- term risk of cardiovascular mortality.
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