Table 3. Association between clinical medications and ADPKD patient outcomes using time-dependent Cox proportional hazard regression.
Medication (yes vs. no) | All-cause mortality | Ischemic stroke | Hemorrhagic stroke | ESRD | ||||
Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | |
ACE-Is | 3.44 (1.19-9.96)* | 2.35 (0.69-8.07) | 14.5 (1.65-126)* | 9.50 (0.92-97.9) | 2.26 (0.76-6.73) | 1.88 (0.57-6.18) | 1.49 (1.01-2.20)* | 1.29 (0.86-1.94) |
ARBs | 0.78 (0.28-2.18) | 0.70 (0.20-2.50) | 0.66 (0.14-3.04) | 0.48 (0.08-2.74) | 1.23 (0.42-3.63) | 1.05 (0.32-3.52) | 1.72 (1.18-2.53)** | 1.26 (0.84-1.90) |
Statins | 1.08 (0.30-3.87) | 0.76 (0.18-3.32) | 1.64 (0.30-8.91) | 1.93 (0.26-14.2) | 1.72 (0.52-5.66) | 1.04 (0.26-4.25) | 0.73 (0.43-1.24) | 0.47 (0.27-0.85)* |
Allopurinol | 10.2 (3.55-29.3)*** | 6.44 (1.72-24.2)** | NA | NA | 2.42 (0.53-11.0) | 1.45 (0.26-8.09) | 1.72 (0.92-3.21) | 1.12 (0.56-2.24) |
Pentoxifylline | 3.41 (1.15-10.1)* | 2.97 (0.75-11.8) | 1.03 (0.12-8.92) | 2.00 (0.17-23.6) | 3.86 (1.25-11.9)* | 3.27 (0.94-11.4) | 2.33 (1.51-3.61)*** | 1.93 (1.20-3.09)** |
Adjusted for age, gender, geography, all comorbidity, and medications.
* p<0.05, ** p <0.01, *** p<0.001