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Kidney function deterioration is dependent on blood pressure levels: 11.2 year follow-up in diabetic patients

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There is little evidence of how blood pressure level over 10 years affects the decline of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in diabetic patients. The Japanese primary prevention of atherosclerosis with aspirin for diabetes (JPAD) trial was a multicenter, randomized, clinical trial done from 2002 to 2008. After completion of the JPAD trial, we followed up the patients until 2019 as a cohort study. We defined late-stage kidney disease (LSKD) as eGFR < 30 ml/min/1.73 m2 or hemodialysis. Based on the mean value of systolic blood pressure (SBP) obtained average 7 times during the follow-up, we divided the patients into three groups: a high SBP group (n = 607, SBP ≥ 140 mm Hg); a moderate SBP group (n = 989, 140 > SBP ≥ 130 mm Hg); or a low SBP group (n = 913, SBP < 130 mm Hg). There was no significant deference in the mean eGFR among the high SBP, moderate SBP and low SBP groups on registration. The incidence rate of LSKD was significantly higher in the high SBP (HR 2.02, 95% CI 1.36–3.01) and moderate SBP (HR 1.54, 95% CI 1.07–2.20) groups than in the low SBP group (Log-Rank P = 0.0018). Cox proportional hazards model analysis revealed that the high SBP (HR, 1.57, P = 0.049) and moderate SBP (HR, 1.52, P = 0.037) were independent factors after adjustment for proteinuria ≥  ± , age ≥ 65 years, men, body mass index ≥ 24 kg/m2, duration of diabetes ≥ 7.0 years, statin usage, eGFR ≥ 60 ml/min/1.73 m2, hemoglobin A1c ≥ 7.2%, and smoking status. Our 11.2 year follow-up study demonstrated that mean SBP was independently associated with the progression to LSKD in diabetic patients. These findings may become new evidence that SBP less than 130 mm Hg is recommended for diabetic patients to prevent progression to LSKD.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank M. Ohtorii (Institute for Clinical Effectiveness, Kyoto, Japan) for her roles in data management and statistical analyses. The authors also thank M. Aoyama (Kumamoto University), Y. Wada, Y. Kamada and M. Miyagawa (Nara Medical University) for their secretarial work.

We thank all members of the JPAD investigators for data collection: Kimiaki Miwa (Aiiku Hospital); Kazunobu Akahoshi (Akahoshi Clinic); Kenji Misumi (Akita Hospital); Haruo Araki (Araki Heart Clinic); Yutaka Mitsudo (Arao Central Hospital); Norifumi Kondo (Asahikawa Cardiovascular Clinic); Kenichi Ashihara (Ashihara Clinic); Shinya Yumoto (Aso Medical Center); Masashi Horimoto (Chitose City Hospital); Osamu Doi (Doi Cardiovascular Clinic); Kenichi Doijiri (Doijiri Clinic); Ryo Fukami (Fukami Clinic); Michio Shimabukuro (Fukushima Medical University); Genshi Egusa (Genshi Egusa Clinic); Kazuo Goto (Goto Clinic); Yoichi Hanaoka (Hanaoka Cardiovascular Clinic); Yoshihiro Kimura (Hanazono Medical Clinic); Yoshikuni Haraguchi, and Osamu Haraguchi (Haraguchi Gastroenterology Clinic); Atsushi Hasegawa (Hasegawa Medicine Clinic); Yoshiko Shioya, and Yosuke Shioya (Hinohikari Clinic); Eiitiro Tanaka, and Kazuhiko Yamada (Hitoyoshi internal Hospital); Toshiya Atsumi (Hokkaido University Hospital); Satoshi Tanazawa (Hokusei Hospital); Yutaka Horio (Horio Internal Medicine Clinic); Seishi Ichihara (Ichihara Clinic); Isao Yasuda (Iinan Hospital); Tsuneo Ikeda (Ikeda Internal Medical Clinic); Makoto Ikemura (Ikemura medical Clinic); Chieko Imamoto (Imamoto Clinic); Yoshihisa Iseri (Iseri Internal Medicine Clinic); Ken Iwai (Iwai Clinic); Shinya Okamoto (Iwasaki Hospital); Seigo Sugiyama (Jinnouchi Hospital); Masanori Kamura (Kamura Clinic); Hirofumi Kan (Kankaimeido Clinic); Mayumi Kiyota (Kasuga Clinic); Kyousuke Kawamura (Kawamura Internal Medicine Clinic); Takashi Ono (Kimio Ono Clinic); Takeshi Koga (Koga Clinic); Etsuo Kinuwaki, Hiromichi Naito, and Kazuo Kozuma (Konan Hospital); Kiyotaka Kudou (Kudou Internal Medicine ); Yasuhiro Morikami (Kumamoto City Hospital); Hirofumi Yasue, and Yuji Mizuno (Kumamoto Kinoh Hospital); Hisao Fujimoto (Kumamoto Onjyaku Hospital); Kozaburo Matsuyama (Kumamoto Rehabilitation Hospital); Hiromi Fujii (Kumamoto Shinto General Hospital); Syuichi Kamijikkoku (Kumamoto Takumadai Hospital); Tetsuo Kuwahara (Kuwahara Medical Clinic); Kyoji Takaoka (Kyushu Memorial Hospital); Kazuo Machii (Machii Cardiovascular Clinic); Kazutaka Maeda (Maeda Internal medical Clinic); Keiji Mahara (Mahara Internal Medicine Clinic); Akira Maki (Maki Cardiovascular Clinic); Naoki Manda (Manda Memorial Hospital); Kousuke Marutsuka, Naoki Sameshima, and Toshihiro Gi (Masuda Hospital); Terufumi Matsunaga (Matsunaga Cardiovascular Hospital); Syuichi Matsuo (Matsuo Clinic); Hiroto Okubo (Miike Hospital); Fuyuki Minagawa (Minagawa Internal Medicine Clinic); Kotaro Minoda (Minoda Cardiovascular Clinic); Junichi Miyata (Miyata Internal Medicine Clinic); Takeshi Matsuo (Miyazaki Social Insurance Hospital); Sueo Momosaki (Momosaki Internal Medicine Clinic); Tetsuo Munakata (Munakata Hospital); Tomoki Nakamura (Nakamura Clinic); Hisatoshi Nagano, Kazuto Goshi, and Keisuke Sugimoto (Namino Clinic); Shojiro Naomi (Naomi medicinal Clinic); Toshiaki Nasu (Nasu Internal Medicine Clinic); Hiroyuki Tanaka (Niko Clinic); Ryuji Sonoda (Nishimura Internal Medicine and Neurosurgery Hospital); Keizo Kajiwara (Obiyama Central Hospital); Takafumi Odo (Odo Clinic); Hirofumi Ogata (Ogata Internal Medicine Clinic); Masayuki Ogihara (Ogihara Naika Clinic); Tateo Ogura (Ogura Internal Medicine Clinic); Keishiro Oka (Oka Clinic); Eiji Kawashima (Onishi Hospital); Eiji Oshima (Oshima Medical Clinic); Ken Ozaki (Ozaki Clinic); Seiji Ozawa (Ozawa Clinic); Hiroyuki Shono (Saiseikai Misumi Hospital); Yasuhiro Sakamoto (Sakamoto Cardiovascular Clinic ); Nobuko Sakurai (Sakurai Cardiovascular Clinic); Chikashi Wakabayashi (Sapporo cardiovascular Hospital); Tomohiro Sawada (Sawada Internal Medicine Clinic); Junji Shibata (Shibata Gastroenterology Clinic); Hisashi Shimono (Shimono Cardiovascular Clinic); Akihiro Iemura (Shinmachi Iemura Clinic); Akira Matsutani (Shunan City Shinnanyo Hospital); Hisakazu Suefuji (Suefuji Cardiovascular Clinic); Hiromichi Sugiyama (Sugiyama Clinic); Jun Hokamaki, and Kenichi Komori (Tamana Central Hospital); Yoshimi Kinoshita (Tanimura Hospital); Hironori Murakami (Teinekeijinkai Hospital); Jun Hashiguchi, Yasuhiro Hashiguchi (Tempozan Naika Medical Clinic); Koryo Sawai (Terada Hospital); Atuko Hifumi (Terao Hospital); Koji Seo (Tochigi Public Health Service); Masamitsu Toihata (Toihata Internal Medicine Clinic); Koji Tokube (Tokube Internal Medicine Clinic); Hiroshi Ogawa (Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital); Fumishi Tomita (Tomita Medical Clinic); Madoka Taguchi (Toshiba General Hospital); Toshio Tsubokura (Tsubokura Clinic); Tatsuaki Tsuchiya (Tsuchiya Clinic); Kaoru Tsuda (Tsuda Kaoru Clinic); Ryuichiro Tsurusaki (Tsurusaki Internal Medicine Clinic); Kenji Obata (Tsuruta Hospital); Katumi Watanabe, and Raisuke Hayasida (Ubuyamamura Clinic); Yutaka Ishibashi (West Shimane Medical and Welfare Center); Yoshiaki Osamura (Yamada Heart Clinic); Yoshito Yamanaka (Yamanaka Clinic); Kazuhiro Sonoda, and Taisuke Iwaoka (Yatsuda Hospital); Hiromitsu Yokota (Yokota Cardiovascular Clinic); Motoki Yoshinari (Yosinari Surgery and Internal Medicine Clinic); Nanami Abe (Abe Clinic); Noriaki Ando (Ando Medical Clinic); Hiroshi Bando (Bando Clinic); Takeshi Takami (Clinic Jingumae); Michiaki Doi (Doi Clinic); Yoshihiro Fujii (Fujii Naika Clinic); Masahiro Fukuda (Fukuda Clinic); Yoshiaki Fukuoka (Fukuoka Clinic); Masayoshi Hamano, and Minoru Takaoka (Hamano Clinic); Hiromi Hasegawa (Hasegawa Clinic); Ikuo Yabuta (Heart Land Shigisan Hospital); Kenshi Higami, and Satomi Higami (Higami Hospital); Akiko Yasuno, and Yuriko Fujinaga (Higashiyama Takeda Hospital); Yoko Onishi (Higuchi Clinic); Katsutoshi Yoshimura, Shigetoshi Minami, and Takao Nakashima (Hirao Hospital); Hiroaki Horie (Horie Clinic); Kazuko Horii (Horii Naika Clinic); Norihiko Matsumura (Horii Clinic); Tetsuo Ikuno (Ikuno Clinic); Yoshiyuki Katsuyama (Katsuyama Naika Clinic); Shiro Uemura (Kawasaki Medical School Hospital); Masao Kikukawa (Kikukawa Clinic); Masao Kanauchi (Kio University); Hideshi Kuzuya, and Arata Iwasaki (Kousekai Clinic); Takehiko Koutani (Koutani Clinic); Hisaharu Makino (Makino Clinic); Hiroshi Miki (Miki Clinic); Susumu Misugi (Misugi Clinic); Masaki Naito, and Masatoshi Naito (Naito Hospital); Yukitaka Nakano (Nakano Clinic); Akira Nakatani (Nakatani Clinic); Fumihiko Nakatani (Nakatani Naika Clinic); Manabu Horii, and Matahiro Yabuta (Nara City Hospital); Ayako Seno, Hiroyuki Kawata, Kenichi Samejima, Kenji Onoue, Rika Kawakami, Tomoya Nakano, Tomoya Ueda, Tsunenari Soeda, and Yoko Kita (Nara Medical University); Fumitaka Inoue (Nara Prefecture General Medical Center); Shigeru Yamano (Nara Prefecture General Rehabilitation Center); Hajime Iwama, Hirokazu Sakan, Megumi Suzuki, Tadashi Kagoshima, Takehito Nakai, Toshio Hashimoto, Yoshiharu Nishitani, and Yoshiyuki Kobayashi (Nara Prefecture Western Medical Center); Koichi Hoda (Nara Seibu Hospital); Junko Uejima, Yoshinobu Morikawa, and Takahiro Kawano (Nara South Medical Center); Hideki Yamada (Nijo Ekimae Clinic); Kazuo Nishimoto (Nishimoto Medical Clinic); Kyouyuki Ohsumi (Ohsumi Naika Clinic); Nobushige Ote (Ote Naika Clinic); Akiko Oya (Oya Clinic); Kimiaki Nishiura (Oyodo Hospital); Joji Masuda, Keiichiro Ban, and Yusuke Kyoda (Saiseikai Gose Hospital); Izumi Sawada, and Yoko Sawada (Sawada Hospital); Koichi Okada (Sawai Hospital); Akihiro Yazaki, Masakazu Hanatani (Shiraniwa Hospital); Toshio Sutani (Sutani Clinic); Yuko Hiramori (Takanohara Suzuran Clinic); Yuya Tanaka (Tanaka Naika Clinic); Toshiro Igaki, and Yukio Tomioka (Tomioka Naika Clinic); Hideo Shiiki, Kiyotaka Sugihara, Motomu Hayashi, Yasunobu Sasaki, and Yasuo Matsukura (Uda City Hospital); Michiaki Ueda (Ueda Clinic); Masakuni Ueyama (Ueyama Clinic); Hideto Uyama (Uyama Clinic); Hiroharu Yamada (Yamada Clinic); Kenichi Yamaga (Yamaga Clinic); Tamio Nakajima (Yamatokashihara Hospital); Kazumi Yoshimoto (Yoshimoto Clinic); Midori Yoshimura (Yoshimura Clinic).

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This study was supported by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan (H16-Junkanki-004 and H27-Junkanki-Ippan-001) and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) grant (18K08521). The study funder was not involved in the design of the study; the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; writing the report; and did not impose any restrictions regarding the publication of the report.

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All the authors contributed to the study conception and design. Data collection was performed by [HS] and [SO]. Data analyse were performed by [TM]. The first draft of the manuscript was written by [HS] and all the authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All the authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Dr Morimoto reports lecturer’s fees from Daiichi Sankyo and Japan Lifeline. Dr Masuda reports lecturer’s fees from AstraZeneca. Dr Jinnouchi reports research grants from Astellas, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chugai, Daiichi Sankyo, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, MSD, Novo Nordisk, Ono, Pfizer, Sanwa Kagaku, Shionogi, Taisho Toyama and Takeda; lecturer’s fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, MSD, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, Taisho Toyama and Takeda. Dr Waki reports research grants from AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly and Sanofi. Dr Saito reports research grants from Astellas, Daiichi Sankyo, EP‐CRSU, Kowa, Ono and Roche Diagnostics; non-purpose research grants from Daiichi Sankyo, Medtronic, Mitsubishi Tanabe, Ono, Otsuka, Shionogi, Takeda and Teijin; lecturer’s fees from Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo, Mitsubishi Tanabe, Novartis, Ono and Otsuka. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Soejima, H., Ogawa, H., Morimoto, T. et al. Kidney function deterioration is dependent on blood pressure levels: 11.2 year follow-up in diabetic patients. Heart Vessels 37, 1873–1881 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00380-022-02085-0

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