CKD-EPI is the most reliable equation to estimate renal function in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

11101_2 17/1/13 09:19 Página 99 http://www.revistanefrologia.com © 2013 Revista Nefrología. Órgano Oficial de la Sociedad Española de Nefrología originales CKD-EPI is the most reliable equation to estimate renal function in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus Marco U. Martínez-Martínez1, Peter Mandeville2, Lilia Llamazares-Azuara3, Carlos Abud-Mendoza1 1 Regional Unit of Rheumatology and Osteoporosis. Hospital Central Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto and Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí. San Luis Potosí (México) 2 Statistics and Epidemiology. Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí. San Luis Potosí (México) 3 Department of Nephrology and Renal Diseases. Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí. San Luis Potosí (México) Nefrologia 2013;33(1):99-106 doi:10.3265/Nefrologia.pre2012.Jun.11101 ABSTRACT Background: No study has determined the best equation for estimating renal function in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), starting from a gold standard test. Objective: To evaluate the performance of cistatin/creatinine based equations for estimating renal function in patients with SLE. Methods: We conducted two phases: the first phase included 14 patients in which iothalamate clearance was used to determine the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and compared with different equations based on cystatin C and/or creatinine. In the second phase, we used the best equation (a cystatin and creatinine-based equation) as “reference standard” to compare 5 creatinine-based equations in 55 patients with SLE. Results: In the first phase the equation developed by Stevens and colleagues (based on creatinine and cystatin C), was the best equation. In phase 2, the CKD-EPI (Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration) equation was the best equation with bias of -2.1ml/min/1.73, accuracy (P30) of 94.5% and precision (interquartile range of differences) of -2.1 ml/min/1.73. Conclusions: Our data suggest that CKD-EPI is the best creatinine-based equation to estimate GFR in patients with SLE. Keywords: Glomerular filtration erythematosus lupus. Equations. rate. Systemic Correspondence: Marco U. Martínez Martínez Regional Unit of Rheumatology and Osteoporosis. Hospital Central Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto and Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí. Av. Venustiano Carranza 2395, Zona Universitaria. 78240 San Luis Potosí. México. La ecuación CKD-EPI es la más fiable para estimar la función renal en pacientes con lupus eritematoso sistémico RESUMEN Antecedentes: Ningún estudio ha podido determinar cuál es la mejor ecuación para calcular la función renal en pacientes con lupus eritematoso sistémico (LES) partiendo del análisis de una evaluación de referencia. Objetivo: Evaluar el rendimiento de las ecuaciones basadas en cistatina/creatinina en la estimación de la función renal en pacientes con LES. Métodos: Realizamos el estudio en dos fases: la primera incluía 14 pacientes en los que el aclaramiento de yotalamato se utilizó para determinar la tasa de filtración glomerular (FG) y se comparó con diferentes ecuaciones basadas en cistatina C y/o creatinina. En la segunda fase, utilizamos la mejor ecuación (basada en cistatina y creatinina) como «estándar de referencia» para comparar 5 ecuaciones basadas en creatinina en 55 pacientes con LES. Resultados: En la primera fase, la ecuación desarrollada por Stevens et al. (basada en creatinina y cistatina C) fue considerada la mejor. En la fase dos, la ecuación CKD-EPI (Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration) fue considerada la mejor con una desviación de –2,1 ml/min/1,73, exactitud (P30 %) del 94,5 % y precisión (rango intercuartílico de las diferencias) de –2,1 ml/min/1,73. Conclusiones: Nuestros datos sugieren que la ecuación CKDEPI es la mejor ecuación basada en creatinina para estimar la FG en pacientes con LES. Palabras clave: Tasa de filtración glomerular. Lupus eritematoso sistémico. Ecuaciones de estimación del filtrado glomerular. INTRODUCTION Renal damage is an important factor of both morbidity and mortality in patients with lupus erythematosus (SLE).1 Determination of renal function has an important bearing on 99 11101_2 17/1/13 09:19 Página 100 originales the clinical management, risk stratification and medication dosage adjustment.2 Measurement of urine clearance markers (like inulin) are the gold standard to calculate glomerular filtration rate (GFR); these methods are complex, expensive and cumbersome to perform; 3,4 the GFR predictive creatininebased equations offer a rapid method for assessing kidney function by reliance on serum creatinine and anthropometric data; these equations include: CockcroftGault equation (CG), the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease study (MDRD) equation, the Mayo Clinic Quadratic (MCQ) equation and the CKD-EPI equation. 5-7 Creatinine clearance (CrCl) is one other method, commonly used by rheumatologists.8 Performance of creatinine-based equations is known to vary among populations. For example, the MDRD study equation performs well in patients with chronic kidney disease, but is less accurate in potential kidney donors, young people with type-1 diabetes, and patients with substantially reduced muscle mass;9-11 moreover, CG is an estimate of CrCl originally developed in a predominantly male, Caucasian population. 12 Conclusions of these and other studies about equations may not be appropriate in SLE, a predominantly female disease, 13 encompassing many ethnicities,13 reduced muscle mass,14 and with a wide range of renal function. 15 However, there is a paucity of data regarding the equations for estimating renal function in patients with SLE. 15-17 Moreover, almost half of the rheumatologists use CrCl in all of their patients in order to estimate GFR, a method with a high rate of inappropriate collection and more expensive than the creatinine based equations.18 To our knowledge, no study has determined the best equation for estimating renal function in patients with SLE, starting from iothalamate urinary clearance as gold standard. Therefore, we performed this study to evaluate which is the best equation, based on serum creatinine, to assess renal function in patients with SLE. PATIENTS AND METHODS We included, in consecutive selection, all patients with SLE according to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria.19,20 Exclusion criteria: patients under 18 years old, asthma, hypothyroidism, current smoking, malignancy, prednisone doses ≥30mg/d (or the equivalent dose of another glucocorticoid), pregnancy and severe disease activity (MEX-SLEDAI≥8).21 All patients signed informed consent and our study was approved by the Central Hospital Institutional Review Board. 100 Marco U. Martínez-Martínez et al. Renal function and SLE Ideal body weight (IBW) was calculated (Robinson equation).22 Body surface index (BSI) was calculated in accordance with the Dubois equation.23 We divided this study into 2 phases. Pha (...truncated)