Association of aspartate aminotransferase with mortality in hemodialysis patients

Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation : Official Publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association
Vanessa RavelHamid Moradi

Abstract

Liver disease is a common comorbid condition in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients and may be associated with poor survival. The relationship between aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and survival has not yet been addressed in these patients. We hypothesized that higher AST level is associated with higher death risk in MHD patients. A 5-year (January 2007-December 2011) cohort of 109 718 MHD patients was studied in the USA in dialysis clinics where AST was measured in at least 50% of all outpatients in the baseline calendar quarter. Survival models were adjusted for demographic variables, and available clinical and laboratory surrogates of malnutrition-inflammation complex, and cubic survival splines were plotted. A linear association existed between baseline serum AST levels and mortality. Increasing AST of >20 IU/L was incrementally and almost linearly associated with higher death risk at all levels of adjustment. In fully adjusted models, AST levels of ≥40 IU/L were associated with the highest risk of mortality (hazard ratio: 1.46, 95% CI: 1.38-1.54). Low AST levels (<15 IU/L) were associated with increased death risk only in fully adjusted models examining hepatitis C virus-positive patients. Higher AST level of >20 IU/...Continue Reading

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