Vitamin K antagonist use and mortality in dialysis patients.

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Vitamin K antagonist use and mortality in dialysis patients.

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2017 Aug 02;:

Authors: Voskamp PWM, Rookmaaker MB, Verhaar MC, Dekker FW, Ocak G

Abstract
Background: The risk-benefit ratio of vitamin K antagonists for different CHA 2 DS 2 -VASc scores in patients with end-stage renal disease treated with dialysis is unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between vitamin K antagonist use and mortality for different CHA 2 DS 2 -VASc scores in a cohort of end-stage renal disease patients receiving dialysis treatment.
Methods: We prospectively followed 1718 incident dialysis patients. Hazard ratios were calculated for all-cause and cause-specific (stroke, bleeding, cardiovascular and other) mortality associated with vitamin K antagonist use.
Results: Vitamin K antagonist use as compared with no vitamin K antagonist use was associated with a 1.2-fold [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.0-1.5] increased all-cause mortality risk, a 1.5-fold (95% CI 0.6-4.0) increased stroke mortality risk, a 1.3-fold (95% CI 0.4-4.2) increased bleeding mortality risk, a 1.2-fold (95% CI 0.9-1.8) increased cardiovascular mortality risk and a 1.2-fold (95% CI 0.8-1.6) increased other mortality risk after adjustment. Within patients with a CHA 2 DS 2 -VASc score ≤1, vitamin K antagonist use was associated with a 2.8-fold (95% CI 1.0-7.8) increased all-cause mortality risk as compared with no vitamin K antagonist use, while vitamin K antagonist use within patients with a CHA 2 DS 2 -VASc score ≥2 was not associated with an increased mortality risk after adjustment.
Conclusion: Vitamin K antagonist use was not associated with a protective effect on mortality in the different CHA 2 DS 2 -VASc scores in dialysis patients. The lack of knowledge on the indication for vitamin K antagonist use could lead to confounding by indication.

PMID: 28992189 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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