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ABSTRACT: Background
Previous studies have suggested the potential association between renal diseases and gallstone. The extent of proteinuria is recognized as a marker for the severity of chronic kidney disease. However, little data is available to identify the risk of incident gallstone according to the level of proteinuria.Methods
Using a data of 207,356 Koreans registered in National Health Insurance Database, we evaluated the risk of gallstone according to the levels of urine dipstick proteinuria through an average follow-up of 4.36 years. Study subjects were divided into 3 groups by urine dipstick proteinuria (negative: 0, mild: 1+ and heavy: 2+ or greater). Multivariate Cox-proportional hazard model was used to assess the adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for incident cholelithiasis according to urine dipstick proteinuria.Results
The group with higher urine dipstick proteinuria had worse metabolic, renal, and hepatic profiles than those without proteinuria, which were similarly observed in the group with incident cholelithiasis. The heavy proteinuria group had the greatest incidence of cholelithiasis (2.39%), followed by mild (1.54%) and negative proteinuria groups (1.39%). Analysis for multivariate Cox-proportional hazard model indicated that the heavy proteinuria group had higher risk of cholelithiasis than other groups (negative: reference, mild proteinuria: HR 0.97 [95% CI, 0.74-1.26], and heavy proteinuria: HR 1.46 [95% CI, 1.09-1.96]).Conclusion
Urine dipstick proteinuria of 2+ or greater was significantly associated with increased risk for incident gallstone.
SUBMITTER: Park SK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7738639 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Park Sung Keun SK Jung Ju Young JY Oh Chang-Mo CM Kim Min-Ho MH Ha Eunhee E Lee Dong-Young DY Kim Jung-Wook JW Kang Hee Yong HY Ryoo Jae-Hong JH
Journal of epidemiology 20200118 1
<h4>Background</h4>Previous studies have suggested the potential association between renal diseases and gallstone. The extent of proteinuria is recognized as a marker for the severity of chronic kidney disease. However, little data is available to identify the risk of incident gallstone according to the level of proteinuria.<h4>Methods</h4>Using a data of 207,356 Koreans registered in National Health Insurance Database, we evaluated the risk of gallstone according to the levels of urine dipstick ...[more]