Difference between estimated glomerular filtration rate based on cystatin c versus creatinine and risk of hypertension: a prospective cohort study
摘要
The impact of the difference between cystatin C- and creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFRdiff) on hypertension remains unknown. We investigated the association of eGFRdiff and the risk of developing hypertension.
MethodsA total of 3628 participants without hypertension at baseline in 2011 from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study were enrolled. The eGFRdiff was calculated using both absolute difference (eGFRabdiff = eGFRcys–eGFRcr) and the ratio (eGFRrediff = eGFRcys/eGFRcr) between cystatin C- and creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rate. The association between eGFRdiff and hypertension risk was examined using restricted cubic spline (RCS) and multivariable logistic regression analysis.
ResultsThe mean (± SD) for eGFRabdiff and eGFRrediff were − 16.3 ± 16.5 mL/min/1.73 m2, and 0.83 ± 0.17, respectively. During 4 years of follow-up, 605 incident hypertension cases were identified. Participants in the third quantile of eGFRabdiff had a lower risk of hypertension than participants in the first quantile of eGFRabdiff (OR 0.72, 95% CI 0.57–0.92, P = 0.01), adjusting for potential confounders. RCS showed an inversely linear relationship between eGFRabdiff and hypertension risk. In the fully adjusted model, each standard deviation increase in eGFRabdiff was associated with a 0.85-fold decrease in the risk of incident hypertension (OR 0.85, 95% CI 0.77–0.94, P = 0.002). Sensitivity analysis also confirmed the results. In exploratory analyses, the proportional effect of eGFRabdiff on hypertension risk was consistent across the six pre-specified subgroups (all P for interaction > 0.05). Similar results were observed for eGFRrediff.
ConclusionsA large negative difference in cystatin C-based and creatinine-based eGFR was significantly associated with the risk of hypertension. Our findings suggested that monitoring eGFRdiff could be clinically useful in identifying high-risk people for hypertension.