Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2193, South Africa.
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria.
BMC Nephrol. 2020 Sep 29;21(1):415. doi: 10.1186/s12882-020-02046-7.
Anaemia is a common presenting feature among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and it is associated with poor clinical outcomes and quality of life. It is not clear if growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) or hepcidin are useful as early markers of iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) among non-dialysis CKD patients. We therefore evaluated the diagnostic validity of GDF-15 and hepcidin as biomarkers of IDA among non-dialysis CKD patients in Johannesburg, South Africa.
An analytic cross-sectional study was conducted among non-dialysis CKD patients (n = 312) and apparently healthy controls (n = 184) from June to December 2016 at an Academic Hospital, in Johannesburg, South Africa. An interviewer administered proforma was used to obtain the socio-biological and clinical characteristics of the participants. Serum levels of GDF-15 and hepcidin were determined. Predictive logistic regression models were built and post estimation receiver operator characteristics were determined to evaluate diagnostic validity of hepcidin and GDF-15 for absolute and functional iron deficiency anaemia.
About half (50.6%) of the participants were female while the participants' mean age was 49.7 ± 15.8 years. The predictive value of diagnosing absolute IDA among CKD patients using GDF-15 was 74.02% (95% CI: 67.62-80.42%) while the predictive value of diagnosing functional IDA among CKD patients using hepcidin was 70.1% (95% CI: 62.79-77.49%).There was a weak negative correlation between hepcidin levels and GFR (r = - 0.19, p = 0.04) in anaemic CKD patients, and between serum GDF-15 and haemoglobin (r = - 0.34, p = 0.001). Serum ferritin (β = 0.00389, P-value< 0.001), was a predictor of log hepcidin. MCHC (β = - 0.0220, P-value 0.005) and CKD stage (β = 0.4761, P-value < 0.001), race (β = 0.3429, P-value = 0.018) were predictors of log GDF-15. Both GDF-15 (adj OR: 1.0003, 95%CI: 1.0001-1.0005, P = 0.017) and hepcidin (adj OR: 1.003, 95%CI: 1.0004-1.0055, P = 0.023) were associated with iron deficiency anaemia after multiple linear regression modelling.
Serum GDF-15 is a potential biomarker of absolute IDA, while hepcidin levels can predict functional IDA among CKD patients.
贫血是慢性肾脏病(CKD)患者常见的临床表现,与较差的临床结局和生活质量有关。目前尚不清楚生长分化因子 15(GDF-15)或铁调素是否可作为非透析 CKD 患者铁缺乏性贫血(IDA)的早期标志物。因此,我们评估了 GDF-15 和铁调素作为南非约翰内斯堡非透析 CKD 患者 IDA 生物标志物的诊断有效性。
这是一项横断面分析研究,于 2016 年 6 月至 12 月在南非约翰内斯堡的一家学术医院纳入了 312 名非透析 CKD 患者和 184 名健康对照者。使用访谈者管理的表格获取参与者的社会生物学和临床特征。测定血清 GDF-15 和铁调素水平。建立预测性逻辑回归模型,并进行估计后接收者操作特征曲线分析,以评估铁调素和 GDF-15 对绝对和功能性缺铁性贫血的诊断有效性。
大约一半(50.6%)的参与者为女性,参与者的平均年龄为 49.7±15.8 岁。使用 GDF-15 诊断 CKD 患者绝对 IDA 的预测值为 74.02%(95%CI:67.62-80.42%),而使用铁调素诊断 CKD 患者功能性 IDA 的预测值为 70.1%(95%CI:62.79-77.49%)。在贫血的 CKD 患者中,铁调素水平与肾小球滤过率(r=-0.19,p=0.04)之间存在弱负相关,GDF-15 与血红蛋白(r=-0.34,p=0.001)之间存在弱正相关。血清铁蛋白(β=0.00389,P<0.001)是铁调素的预测因子。MCHC(β=-0.0220,P 值 0.005)和 CKD 分期(β=0.4761,P 值<0.001)、种族(β=0.3429,P 值=0.018)是 GDF-15 的预测因子。GDF-15(调整比值比:1.0003,95%CI:1.0001-1.0005,P=0.017)和铁调素(调整比值比:1.003,95%CI:1.0004-1.0055,P=0.023)在多元线性回归模型后均与铁缺乏性贫血相关。
血清 GDF-15 是绝对 IDA 的潜在生物标志物,而铁调素水平可预测 CKD 患者的功能性 IDA。