研究者情報

ヤザワ　マサヒコ   YAZAWA MASAHIKO   谷澤雅彦    所属   医学部医学科 腎臓・高血圧内科    職種   准教授
論文種別	原著
言語種別	英語
査読の有無	査読あり
表題	Early Mortality Was Highly and Strongly Associated with Functional Status in Incident Japanese Hemodialysis Patients: A Cohort Study of the Large National Dialysis Registry.
掲載誌名	正式名：PloS One.
巻・号・頁	11(6),eCollection 2016頁
著者・共著者	Yazawa M, Kido R, Ohira S, Hasegawa T, Hanafusa N, Iseki K, Tsubakihara Y, Shibagaki Y.
担当区分	筆頭著者
発行年月	2016/06
概要	Abstract BACKGROUND: Although dialysis is typically started in an effort to prolong survival, mortality is reportedly high in the first few months. However, it remains unclear whether this is true in Japanese patients who tend to have a better prognosis than other ethnicities, and if health conditions such as functional status (FS) at initiation of dialysis influence prognosis. METHODS: We investigated the epidemiology of early death and its association with FS using Japanese national registry data in 2007, which included 35,415 patients on incident dialysis and 7,664 with FS data. The main outcome was early death, defined as death within 3 months after initiation of hemodialysis (HD). The main predictor was FS at initiation of HD. Levels of functional disability were categorized as follows: severe (bedridden), moderate (overt difficulties in exerting basic activities of daily living), or mild/none (none or some functional disabilities). RESULTS: Early death remained relatively common, especially among elderly patients (overall: 7.1%; those aged ≥80 years: 15.8%). Severely and even only a moderately impaired FS were significantly associated with early death after starting dialysis (adjusted risk ratios: 3.93 and 2.38, respectively). The incidence of early death in those with impaired FS increased with age (36.5% in those with severely impaired FS and aged ≥80 years). CONCLUSIONS: Early death after starting dialysis was relatively common, especially among the elderly, even in Japanese patients. Further, early death was significantly associated with impaired FS at initiation of HD.
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0168811