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Observational studyKidney international2017

Albuminuria changes are associated with subsequent risk of end-stage renal disease and mortality.

Juan Jesús Carrero, Morgan E Grams, Yingying Sang, Johan Ärnlöv, Alessandro Gasparini, Kunihiro Matsushita, Abdul R Qureshi, Marie Evans, Peter Barany, Bengt Lindholm and 5 more

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In one paragraph

Observational study in Kidney international, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03832166 (A Prospective, Randomized Two Group Study to Evaluate the Feasibility and Initial Efficacy of a Community-engaged Screening, Identification, and F&V Intervention to Improve F&V Intake and CKD Outcomes in 140 AA Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 80 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
80citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
12.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03832166 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

A Prospective, Randomized Two Group Study to Evaluate the Feasibility and Initial Efficacy of a Community-engaged Screening, Identification, and F&V Intervention to Improve F&V Intake and CKD Outcomes in 140 AA Adults

TypeinterventionalSponsorBaylor Research InstituteRan2019 to 2020Enrolled142ConditionsCKD, ESRDArmsFruits and Vegetables, Cooking
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

80 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 132 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Proteinuria Reduction and Kidney Survival in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis.American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation · 2021
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  8. Impact of a Primary Care CKD Registry in a US Public Safety-Net Health Care Delivery System: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial.American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation · 2018
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  14. Body roundness index and mortality risk in patients with chronic kidney disease: moving beyond the obesity paradox.Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association · 2026
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20 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Juan Jesús CarreroDivision of Renal Medicine and Baxter Novum, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: juan.jesus.carrero@ki.se.
Morgan E GramsDivision of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Yingying SangDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Johan ÄrnlövSchool of Health and Social Studies, Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden; Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
Alessandro GaspariniDivision of Renal Medicine and Baxter Novum, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Kunihiro MatsushitaDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Abdul R QureshiDivision of Renal Medicine and Baxter Novum, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Marie EvansDivision of Renal Medicine and Baxter Novum, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Peter BaranyDivision of Renal Medicine and Baxter Novum, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Bengt LindholmDivision of Renal Medicine and Baxter Novum, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Shoshana H BallewDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Andrew S LeveyDivision of Nephrology at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Ron T GansevoortDepartment of Nephrology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Carl G ElinderDivision of Renal Medicine and Baxter Novum, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Public Healthcare Services Committee, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden.
Josef CoreshDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Karolinska Institutet · SEJohns Hopkins University · USDalarna University · SEStockholm County Council · SETufts Medical Center · USUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NL

Funding

Chronic Kidney Disease Prognosis Consortium (CKD-PC)R01DK100446 · NIDDK · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI JOSEF CORESH, Morgan Erika Grams · 2014 to 2026
$10.7M
The comparative effectiveness of kidney transplantation in advanced CKDK08DK092287 · NIDDK · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI GRAMS, MORGAN ERIKA · 2012 to 2016
$793k
NIDDK NIH HHS K08 DK092287NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK100446
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current guidelines for chronic kidney disease (CKD) recommend using albuminuria as well as estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) to stage CKD. However, CKD progression is solely defined by change in eGFR with little regard to the risk implications of change in albuminuria. This is an observational study from the Stockholm CREAtinine Measurements (SCREAM) project, a health care utilization cohort from Stockholm, Sweden, with laboratory measures from 2006-2011 and follow-up through December 2012. Included were 31,732 individuals with two or more ambulatory urine albumin to creatinine ratio (ACR) tests. We assessed the association between change in ACR during a baseline period of 1, 2, or 3 years and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) or death. Using a 2-year baseline period, there were 378 ESRD events and 1712 deaths during a median of 3 years of follow-up. Compared to stable ACR, a 4-fold increase in ACR was associated with a 3.08-times (95% confidence interval 2.59 to 3.67) higher risk of ESRD while a 4-fold decrease in ACR was associated with a 0.34-times (0.26 to 0.45) lower risk of ESRD. Similar associations were found in people with and without diabetes mellitus, with and without hypertension, and also when adjusted for the change in eGFR during the same period. The association between change in ACR and mortality was weaker: ACR increase was associated with mortality, but the relationship was largely flat for ACR decline. Results were consistent for 1-, 2-, and 3-year ACR changes. Thus, changes in albuminuria are strongly and consistently associated with the risk of ESRD and death.

Indexed as

Glomerular Filtration RateAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAlbuminuriaCreatinineDisease ProgressionFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansKidney Failure, ChronicKidney Function TestsMaleMiddle AgedPractice Guidelines as TopicCreatininealbuminuriachanges in albuminuriadeathend-stage renal diseaseestimated glomerular filtration rate

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PMID27927597
PMCPMC5523054
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