Proteinuria changes in kidney disease patients with clinical remission during the COVID-19 pandemic.


Journal

PloS one
ISSN: 1932-6203
Titre abrégé: PLoS One
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101285081

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2021
Historique:
received: 31 01 2021
accepted: 08 04 2021
entrez: 23 4 2021
pubmed: 24 4 2021
medline: 8 5 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Data on how lifestyle changes due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have influenced the clinical features of kidney disease patients remain scarce. This study retrospectively analyzed clinical variables in patients with stage G1-G4 chronic kidney disease (CKD) with complete or incomplete remission of proteinuria, who were managed in a nephrology outpatient clinic of a university hospital in Tokyo. The clinical variables during the COVID-19 pandemic (term 1, June-July 2020) were compared to those one year before the pandemic (term 0, June-July 2019). The urinary protein excretion (UPE) was used as the primary outcome measure. This study included 325 patients with stage G1-G4 CKD (mean age 58.5 years old, 37.5% female, 80.6% on renin-angiotensin aldosterone system inhibitors [RAASis], 12.0% on maintenance dose immunosuppression therapy) evaluated at term 0. The UPE at terms 0 and 1 was 247 (92-624) and 203 (84-508) mg/day [median (25th-75th percentile)], respectively; the value in term 1 was 18% lower than that in term 0 (p<0.001), with no marked difference in body weight, blood pressure, protein intake or urinary salt excretion. In multivariable analyses, incomplete remission of proteinuria in term 0 (odds ratio [OR] = 2.70, p = <0.001), RAASi use (OR = 2.09, p = 0.02) and decreased urinary salt excretion in term 1 vs. term 0 (OR = 1.94, p = 0.002) were identified as independent variables associated with reduced UPE in term 1 vs. term 0. No significant interactions between the variables were observed. In kidney disease patients receiving standard medical care from nephrologists, the UPE after the emergency declaration in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic was lower than before the declaration. The UPE reduction may be associated with reduced dietary salt intake during the pandemic in patients treated with RAASi for insufficient control of proteinuria. Our results support the current proposal to continue therapeutic approaches to these patients, which involve RAASi therapy along with optimizing dietary habits, even while dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUNDS
Data on how lifestyle changes due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have influenced the clinical features of kidney disease patients remain scarce.
METHODS
This study retrospectively analyzed clinical variables in patients with stage G1-G4 chronic kidney disease (CKD) with complete or incomplete remission of proteinuria, who were managed in a nephrology outpatient clinic of a university hospital in Tokyo. The clinical variables during the COVID-19 pandemic (term 1, June-July 2020) were compared to those one year before the pandemic (term 0, June-July 2019). The urinary protein excretion (UPE) was used as the primary outcome measure.
RESULTS
This study included 325 patients with stage G1-G4 CKD (mean age 58.5 years old, 37.5% female, 80.6% on renin-angiotensin aldosterone system inhibitors [RAASis], 12.0% on maintenance dose immunosuppression therapy) evaluated at term 0. The UPE at terms 0 and 1 was 247 (92-624) and 203 (84-508) mg/day [median (25th-75th percentile)], respectively; the value in term 1 was 18% lower than that in term 0 (p<0.001), with no marked difference in body weight, blood pressure, protein intake or urinary salt excretion. In multivariable analyses, incomplete remission of proteinuria in term 0 (odds ratio [OR] = 2.70, p = <0.001), RAASi use (OR = 2.09, p = 0.02) and decreased urinary salt excretion in term 1 vs. term 0 (OR = 1.94, p = 0.002) were identified as independent variables associated with reduced UPE in term 1 vs. term 0. No significant interactions between the variables were observed.
CONCLUSION
In kidney disease patients receiving standard medical care from nephrologists, the UPE after the emergency declaration in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic was lower than before the declaration. The UPE reduction may be associated with reduced dietary salt intake during the pandemic in patients treated with RAASi for insufficient control of proteinuria. Our results support the current proposal to continue therapeutic approaches to these patients, which involve RAASi therapy along with optimizing dietary habits, even while dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33891663
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250581
pii: PONE-D-21-03368
pmc: PMC8064597
doi:

Substances chimiques

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors 0

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

e0250581

Commentaires et corrections

Type : ErratumIn

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare no conflicts of interest in association with the present study.

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Auteurs

Nobuo Tsuboi (N)

Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

Takaya Sasaki (T)

Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

Naoki Kashihara (N)

Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan.

Takashi Yokoo (T)

Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

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