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Butyrylcholinesterase level as an independent factor of erythropoiesis-stimulating agent resistance in patients on maintenance hemodialysis: a single-center cross-sectional study

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Butyrylcholinesterase level as an independent factor of erythropoiesis-stimulating agent resistance in patients on maintenance hemodialysis: a single-center cross-sectional study
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Clinical and Experimental Nephrology, March 2018
DOI 10.1007/s10157-018-1569-z
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Teppei Okamoto, Shingo Hatakeyama, Yoshimi Tanaka, Kengo Imanishi, Tooru Takashima, Fumitada Saitoh, Takuya Koie, Tadashi Suzuki, Chikara Ohyama

Abstract

Erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) responsiveness is related to the nutritional status of patients on hemodialysis (HD). Serum butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), an alpha-glycoprotein, may decrease in case of malnutrition. We investigated whether BChE was independently related to ESA resistance in patients on HD. The laboratory data and ESA resistance index (ERI), defined as ESA dosage per week divided by dry weight and hemoglobin, were investigated in 215 patients on HD between July and September 2017. Malnutrition was defined as Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) of < 91.2. The patients were stratified into two groups: ERI-high (ERI ≥ 9.44) and ERI-low (ERI < 9.44) groups. Variables such as patient's background, medication, and laboratory data were compared between the two groups. The optimal cutoff value of BChE for higher ERI was determined using receiver operating characteristic analysis. Factors independently associated with higher ERI were determined using multivariate logistic regression analysis. The median and optimal cutoff values of ERI and BChE were 6.51 and 200 IU/L, respectively. The study included 71 (33%) and 144 (67%) patients in the ERI-high and ERI-low groups, respectively. Significant between-group differences were observed concerning age, hemoglobin, ESA dose, lipid profiles, serum albumin, body mass index, GNRI, iron metabolism markers, ferric medicines, and BChE. Multivariate analysis showed that BChE < 200 IU/L (odds ratio 3.67; 95% confidence interval 1.73-7.77) continued to be an independent factor associated with higher ERI after adjusting for potential confounders, which was a similar odds ratio as GNRI < 91.2. BChE may be an independent indicator of ESA resistance.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 23%
Lecturer 2 15%
Researcher 2 15%
Other 1 8%
Student > Postgraduate 1 8%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 4 31%
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Medicine and Dentistry 4 31%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 8%
Psychology 1 8%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 1 8%
Unknown 6 46%
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