Relationship Between Stress Hyperglycemia Ratio and Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure

Overview

Journal Cardiovasc Diabetol

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialties Cardiology & Vascular Diseases
Endocrinology

Date 2024 Jan 13

PMID 38218835

Authors

Le Li

Ligang Ding

Lihui Zheng

Lingmin Wu

Zhicheng Hu

Limin Liu

Yan Yao

Affiliations

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Abstract

Background: The stress hyperglycemia ratio (SHR) has been demonstrated as an independent risk factor for acute kidney injury (AKI) in certain populations. However, this relationship in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) remains unclear. Our study sought to elucidate the relationship between SHR and AKI in patients with CHF.

Methods: A total of 8268 patients with CHF were included in this study. We categorized SHR into distinct groups and evaluated its association with mortality through logistic or Cox regression analyses. Additionally, we applied the restricted cubic spline (RCS) analysis to explore the relationship between SHR as a continuous variable and the occurrence of AKI. The primary outcome of interest in this investigation was the incidence of AKI during hospitalization.

Results: Within this patient cohort, a total of 5,221 (63.1%) patients experienced AKI during their hospital stay. Upon adjusting for potential confounding variables, we identified a U-shaped correlation between SHR and the occurrence of AKI, with an inflection point at 0.98. When the SHR exceeded 0.98, for each standard deviation (SD) increase, the risk of AKI was augmented by 1.32-fold (odds ratio [OR]: 1.32, 95% CI: 1.22 to 1.46). Conversely, when SHR was below 0.98, each SD decrease was associated with a pronounced increase in the risk of AKI.

Conclusion: Our study reveals a U-shaped relationship between SHR and AKI in patients with CHF. Notably, we identified an inflection point at an SHR value of 0.98, signifying a critical threshold for evaluating AKI in this population.

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