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Association of serum and urinary uromodulin and their correlates in older adults-The Cardiovascular Health Study.

TitleAssociation of serum and urinary uromodulin and their correlates in older adults-The Cardiovascular Health Study.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2019
AuthorsSteubl, D, Bůzková, P, Ix, JH, Devarajan, P, Bennett, MR, Chaves, PHM, Shlipak, MG, Bansal, N, Sarnak, MJ, Garimella, PS
JournalNephrology (Carlton)
Date Published2019 Dec 17
ISSN1440-1797
Abstract<p>Uromodulin is released into serum (sUMOD) and urine (uUMOD) exclusively by renal tubular cells. Both sUMOD and uUMOD are correlated with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), and associated with mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, no study to our knowledge has measured both sUMOD and uUMOD in the same population, thus the relationship of sUMOD with uUMOD with one another, and their respective correlates have not been evaluated simultaneously. We evaluated the correlations of sUMOD, uUMOD with eGFR in a random sub-cohort (n = 933) of the Cardiovascular Health Study and their associations with demographic and laboratory parameters and CVD risk factors using multi-variable linear regression analysis. The mean age of the cohort was 78 years, 40% were male and 15% were Black. The mean sUMOD level was 127 ng/mL, uUMOD was 30 500 ng/mL and eGFR was 63 mL/min/1.73 m . Correlation between sUMOD and uUMOD, adjusted for eGFR was moderate (r = 0.27 [95% confidence interval = 0.21-0.33]). The correlation of eGFR with sUMOD (r = 0.44 [0.39-0.49]) was stronger than with uUMOD (r = 0.21 [0.15-0.27]). In multi-variable analysis adjusting sUMOD for uUMOD and vice versa, sUMOD was independently associated with eGFR (β = 1.3 [1.1-1.6]), log2 C-reactive protein (β = -4.2 [-6.8 to -1.6]) and male sex (β = -13.6 [-22.7 to -4.5]). In contrast, male sex was associated with higher uUMOD (β = 3700 [400-7000]), while diabetes (β = -6400 [-10 600 to -2100]) and hypertension (-4300 [-7500 to -1100]) were associated with lower uUMOD levels. We conclude that sUMOD is more strongly associated with eGFR compared with uUMOD. Correlates of sUMOD and uUMOD differ substantially, suggesting that apical and basolateral secretion may be differentially regulated.</p>
DOI10.1111/nep.13688
Alternate JournalNephrology (Carlton)
PubMed ID31846120
Grant ListU01 HL080295 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01HC-15103 / / National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) /
P50 DK096418 / NH / NIH HHS / United States
K23 DK114556 / DK / NIDDK NIH HHS / United States
HHSN268201200036C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
HHSN268200800007C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01HC-75150 / / National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) /
R01 DK098234 / DK / NIDDK NIH HHS / United States
N01HC-54133 / / National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) /
N01HC85086 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01-HC85239 / / National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) /
N01HC-55222 / / National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) /
R01AG 027002 / / National Institutes of Aging (NIA) /
/ NS / NINDS NIH HHS / United States
N01HC-35129 / / National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) /
R01AG023629 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
N01HC-85079 / / National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) /
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