Sofía Gnecco-González, Mateo Amaya-Montoya, Lina J Herrera-Parra, Juliana A Hernández Vargas, Nathaly Ramírez-García, Camila Romero-Díaz, Lizbeth Acuña-Merchán, Carlos O Mendivil
Journal of the Endocrine Society, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2023, bvac193
https://doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvac193
The relative importance of the control of different metabolic risk factors for the prevention of chronic kidney disease among patients with diabetes in real life conditions is insufficiently understood.
We evaluated the effect of the achievement of glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), systolic blood pressure (SBP), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLc) or non–high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDLc) goals (ABC goals) on the development of incident chronic kidney disease (iCKD) among patients with diabetes.
In a nationwide registry of all individuals diagnosed with diabetes assisted by the health system in Colombia, we analyzed the association between baseline or sustained goal achievement and development of iCKD over a 4-year follow-up. iCKD was defined as a new occurrence of an estimated glomerular filtration rate less than 60 mL/min/1.73 m2, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, or kidney transplant.
The study included 998 790 adults with diabetes (56% female, mean age 59). There were 125 626 cases of iCKD. After adjustment for multiple confounders, a baseline SBP less than 130 mm Hg (odds ratio [OR] 0.79 [0.78–0.80]) and a baseline HbA1c less than 7.0% (OR 0.86 [0.85–0.87]) were negatively associated with iCKD. Sustained achievement showed stronger negative associations with iCKD than just baseline achievement. Considering each goal separately, sustained non-HDLc less than 130 mg/dL had the strongest negative association with iCKD (OR 0.67 [0.65–0.69]). Patients who maintained the triple ABC goal over the entire follow-up had 32% (29–34) lower odds of developing CKD, 38% (34–42) if they additionally kept a normal body mass index (BMI). Sustained ABC control including a normal BMI was more strongly associated with a lower incidence of CKD in patients of Black race (OR 0.72 vs 0.89; P for interaction = .002).
At the country level, sustained achievement of ABC goals and most especially non-HDLc were associated with substantial reductions in iCKD.
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