Higher serum aldosterone levels among patients with CKD are independently associated with an increased risk for CKD progression and ESKD.
are independently associated with an increased risk for CKD progression and end-stage kidney disease regardless of whether or not patients have concomitant diabetes, a prospective study shows.
"Since excessive levels of aldosterone are very common — yet mostly unrecognized — we hypothesized that one reason why finerenone was effective in lowering the risk of CKD progression was that it was treating unrecognized high concentrations of the hormone," he added. Median baseline serum aldosterone concentrations, at 10.6 ng/dL, were significantly higher in patients who developed the composite outcome compared with those who did not, at 9.6 ng/dL , the authors report. Higher serum aldosterone concentrations were also associated with lower serum potassium levels, greater urinary potassium levels, and greater protein excretion.
Those in the highest quartile of serum aldosterone also had a 46% increased risk of developing ESKD compared with those in the lowest quartile.Over a median follow-up of 11.5 years, 1293 participants died. During the median follow-up of 9.1 years, 1088 participants developed the composite outcome of a major acute coronary event.
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