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. 2020 Jun 24;9(13):e014385. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.014385

Table 2.

Cross‐Sectional Association of Cardiac Biomarkers With Year 1 KCCQ Score <75 in Persons With CKD Without HF in the CRIC Study (N=2873)

KCCQ score <75 Model 0 OR (99% CI) KCCQ score <75 Model 1 aOR (99% CI) KCCQ Score <75 Model 2 aOR (99% CI)
GDF‐15 continuous model 1.56 (1.39, 1.75)a 1.60 (1.41, 1.82)a 1.42 (1.19, 1.68)a
Log(GDF‐15) per 1 SD (0.58 pg/mL) increase
GDF‐15 categorical model 1.0 (Ref.) 1.0 (Ref.) 1.0 (Ref.)
Quintile 1 (≤856 pg/mL)
Quintile 2 (857–1200 pg/mL) 1.30 (0.86, 1.96) 1.31 (0.86, 2.01) 1.08 (0.67, 1.73)
Quintile 3 (1201–1570 pg/mL) 2.16 (1.47, 3.19)a 2.31 (1.54, 3.47)a 1.65 (1.03, 2.66)a
Quintile 4 (1571–2220 pg/mL) 2.66 (1.81, 3.89)a 2.81 (1.87, 4.23)a 1.93 (1.17, 3.18)a
Quintile 5 (>2220 pg/mL) 3.29 (2.26, 4.80)a 3.52 (2.34, 5.29)a 2.35 (1.39, 3.97)a
Galectin‐3 continuous model 1.61 (1.42, 1.83)a 1.49 (1.31, 1.69)a 1.28 (1.12, 1.48)a
Log(Galectin‐3) per 1 SD (0.50 pg/mL) increase
Galectin‐3 categorical model 1.0 (Ref.) 1.0 (Ref.) 1.0 (Ref.)
Quintile 1 (≤9.11 pg/mL)
Quintile 2 (9.12–12.2 pg/mL) 1.53 (1.02, 2.29)a 1.45 (0.96, 2.18) 1.29 (0.84, 1.99)
Quintile 3 (12.3–15.4 pg/mL) 1.86 (1.26, 2.75)a 1.64 (1.10, 2.45)a 1.36 (0.88, 2.08)
Quintile 4 (15.5–20.1 pg/mL) 2.49 (1.70, 3.65)a 2.15 (1.46, 3.19)a 1.63 (1.06, 2.50)a
Quintile 5 (>20.1 pg/mL) 3.45 (2.37, 5.02)a 2.76 (1.87, 4.07)a 1.80 (1.17, 2.78)a
sST‐2 continuous model 1.12 (0.99, 1.26) 1.20 (1.05, 1.38)a 1.12 (0.98, 1.28)
Log(sST‐2) per 1 SD (0.55 pg/mL) increase
sST‐2 categorical model 1.0 (Ref.) 1.0 (Ref.) 1.0 (Ref.)
Quintile 1 (≤10.4 pg/mL)
Quintile 2 (10.5–13.4 pg/mL) 1.17 (0.81, 1.67) 1.25 (0.86, 1.80) 1.09 (0.73, 1.64)
Quintile 3 (13.5–16.8 pg/mL) 1.36 (0.95, 1.94) 1.51 (1.05, 2.17)a 1.35 (0.91, 2.01)
Quintile 4 (16.9–22 pg/mL) 1.14 (0.80, 1.64) 1.37 (0.94, 2.00) 1.06 (0.70, 1.60)
Quintile 5 (> 22 pg/mL) 1.49 (1.05, 2.12)a 1.90 (1.31, 2.75)a 1.51 (1.00, 2.28)a
hsTnT continuous model 1.30 (1.17, 1.45)a 1.44 (1.26, 1.63)a 1.10 (0.93, 1.31)
Log(hsTnT) per 1 SD (0.77 ng/L) increase
hsTnT categorical model 1.0 (Ref.) 1.0 (Ref.) 1.0 (Ref.)
<Lower limit of detection (<10 ng/L)
Tertile 1 (10.1–14.7 ng/L) 1.15 (0.83, 1.59) 1.33 (0.95, 1.87) 1.06 (0.73, 1.55)
Tertile 2 (14.8–23.9 ng/L) 1.55 (1.15, 2.10)a 1.91 (1.37, 2.65)a 1.20 (0.82, 1.75)
Tertile 3 (>23.9 ng/L) 1.80 (1.34, 2.42)a 2.26 (1.61, 3.16)a 1.17 (0.77, 1.78)
NT‐proBNP continuous model 1.29 (1.15, 1.46)a 1.30 (1.14, 1.47)a 1.03 (0.88, 1.21)
Log(NT‐proBNP) per 1 SD (1.60 pg/mL) increase
NT‐proBNP categorical model 1.0 (Ref.) 1.0 (Ref.) 1.0 (Ref.)
Quintile 1 (≤30.9 pg/mL)
Quintile 2 (31–76 pg/mL) 1.03 (0.71, 1.50) 1.00 (0.68, 1.46) 0.86 (0.57, 1.30)
Quintile 3 (76.1–158 pg/mL) 1.26 (0.87, 1.81) 1.26 (0.87, 1.84) 0.95 (0.63, 1.44)
Quintile 4 (158.1–370 pg/mL) 1.50 (1.05, 2.14)a 1.50 (1.03, 2.17)a 0.95 (0.61, 1.47)
Quintile 5 (>370 pg/mL) 1.96 (1.38, 2.78)a 1.92 (1.32, 2.79)a 1.03 (0.65, 1.63)

Model 0: Unadjusted; Model 1: Age, sex, race/ethnicity; Model 2: M1 + myocardial infarction, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, atrial fibrillation, stroke, diabetes mellitus, systolic blood pressure, body mass index, current smoking, estimated glomerular filtration rate, 24 h urinary protein, angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers, diuretics, and beta blocker use; aOR indicates, adjusted odds ratio; CKD, chronic kidney disease; CRIC, Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort; GDF‐15, growth differentiation factor‐15; HF, heart failure; hsTnT, high‐sensitivity troponin T; KCCQ, Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire; NT‐proBNP, N‐terminal pro‐B‐type natriuretic peptide; OR, odds ratio; and sST‐2, soluble suppression of tumorigenesis‐2.

a

P<0.01.