Nephrol Dial Transplant (2001) 16: 2207-2213
© 2001 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association
Long-term blood pressure control in a cohort of peritoneal dialysis patients and its association with residual renal function
Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Background. Hypertension is the prime contributor for cardiovascular mortality in the dialysis population. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) has been thought to improve blood pressure (BP) control in the short term, but the long-term benefits are not conclusively proven. We aimed to evaluate the degree of BP control in PD patients in the long term and analyse the factors associated with poor control.
Methods. Data of all patients who were initiated on PD at one centre between July 1994 and July 1998 and completed at least 1 year of PD were analysed retrospectively at initiation of PD, at 6 months, and annually thereafter until 5 years or until discontinuation of therapy. Hypertension was defined as per WHO/ISH criteria. A ‘Blood Pressure Control Index’ was empirically defined to account for the effect of antihypertensives on measured BP. Factors associated with poor BP control were analysed.
Results. Out of 207 patients (age 57.0±16.0 years, 103 male, 104 female) 91.3% were hypertensive at the start of PD. About 33.8% had diabetic nephropathy. Systolic and mean arterial pressure index improved in early phase reaching a nadir between 6 months and 1 year followed by steady progressive worsening through out the rest of follow up. On multiple linear regression analysis age (P<0.001), duration of hypertension prior to dialysis (P<0.001), and declining residual renal function, expressed as both average of urea and creatinine clearance (P=0.002) and residual urine output (P<0.001) were independently associated with poor BP control. Diabetes (P=0.836), peritoneal transport (D/P 4 of creatinine at start) (P=0.218), peripheral oedema (P=0.479) and dose of erythropoetin (P=0.488) were not associated.
Conclusions. Initiation of PD results in early improvement of hypertension in end-stage renal disease (ESRD). BP control thereafter deteriorates steadily with time and this is associated with age, duration of hypertension, and declining residual renal function. This suggests that hypertension in ESRD patients is a progressive disease primarily related to falling glomerular filtration rate, the preservation of which might improve BP control and possibly modify cardiovascular risk.
Keywords: blood pressure; hypertension; peritoneal dialysis; residual renal function
Correspondence and offprint requests to: D. G. Oreopoulos, University Health Network, The Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst Street, Suite 6EW-539, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada. Email: dgoreopoulos{at}msn.com
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