title: Vascular Stiffness in Children With Chronic Kidney Disease.
abstract: Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) is a measure of arterial stiffness associated with cardiovascular events in the general population and in adults with chronic kidney disease. However, few data exist regarding cfPWV in children with chronic kidney disease. We compared observed cfPWV assessed via applanation tonometry in children enrolled in the CKiD cohort study (Chronic Kidney Disease in Children) to normative data in healthy children and examined risk factors associated with elevated cfPWV. cfPWV Z score for height/gender and age/gender was calculated from and compared with published pediatric norms. Multivariable linear regression was used to assess the relationship between cfPWV and age, gender, race, body mass index, diagnosis, urine protein-creatinine ratio, mean arterial pressure, heart rate, number of antihypertensive medications, uric acid, and serum low-density lipoprotein. Of the 95 participants with measured cfPWV, 60% were male, 19% were black, 46% had glomerular cause of chronic kidney disease, 22% had urine protein-creatinine ratio 0.5 to 2.0 mg/mg and 9% had >2.0 mg/mg, mean age was 15.1 years, average mean arterial pressure was 80 mm Hg, and median glomerular filtration rate was 63 mL/min per 1.73 m2Mean cfPWV was 5.0 m/s (SD, 0.8 m/s); mean cfPWV Z score by height/gender norms was -0.1 (SD, 1.1). cfPWV increased significantly with age, mean arterial pressure, and black race in multivariable analysis; no other variables, including glomerular filtration rate, were independently associated with cfPWV. In this pediatric cohort with mild kidney dysfunction, arterial stiffness was comparable to that of normal children. Future research is needed to examine the impact of chronic kidney disease progression on arterial stiffness and associated cardiovascular parameters in children.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA (J.D.S., K.E.C.M., S.L.F.); Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (A.B.); Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (K.E.C.M., R.R.T., S.L.F.); Division of Nephrology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH (M.M.); Division of Nephrology, Seattle Children's Hospital, WA (J.T.F.); Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, GA (L.A.G.); Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (A.D.); and Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO (B.W.).
authors.forename: Jonathan D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Savant
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA (J.D.S., K.E.C.M., S.L.F.); Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (A.B.); Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (K.E.C.M., R.R.T., S.L.F.); Division of Nephrology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH (M.M.); Division of Nephrology, Seattle Children's Hospital, WA (J.T.F.); Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, GA (L.A.G.); Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (A.D.); and Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO (B.W.).
authors.forename: Aisha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Betoko
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA (J.D.S., K.E.C.M., S.L.F.); Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (A.B.); Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (K.E.C.M., R.R.T., S.L.F.); Division of Nephrology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH (M.M.); Division of Nephrology, Seattle Children's Hospital, WA (J.T.F.); Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, GA (L.A.G.); Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (A.D.); and Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO (B.W.).
authors.forename: Kevin E C
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Meyers
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA (J.D.S., K.E.C.M., S.L.F.); Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (A.B.); Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (K.E.C.M., R.R.T., S.L.F.); Division of Nephrology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH (M.M.); Division of Nephrology, Seattle Children's Hospital, WA (J.T.F.); Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, GA (L.A.G.); Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (A.D.); and Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO (B.W.).
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mitsnefes
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA (J.D.S., K.E.C.M., S.L.F.); Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (A.B.); Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (K.E.C.M., R.R.T., S.L.F.); Division of Nephrology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH (M.M.); Division of Nephrology, Seattle Children's Hospital, WA (J.T.F.); Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, GA (L.A.G.); Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (A.D.); and Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO (B.W.).
authors.forename: Joseph T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Flynn
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA (J.D.S., K.E.C.M., S.L.F.); Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (A.B.); Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (K.E.C.M., R.R.T., S.L.F.); Division of Nephrology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH (M.M.); Division of Nephrology, Seattle Children's Hospital, WA (J.T.F.); Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, GA (L.A.G.); Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (A.D.); and Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO (B.W.).
authors.forename: Raymond R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Townsend
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA (J.D.S., K.E.C.M., S.L.F.); Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (A.B.); Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (K.E.C.M., R.R.T., S.L.F.); Division of Nephrology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH (M.M.); Division of Nephrology, Seattle Children's Hospital, WA (J.T.F.); Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, GA (L.A.G.); Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (A.D.); and Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO (B.W.).
authors.forename: Larry A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Greenbaum
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA (J.D.S., K.E.C.M., S.L.F.); Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (A.B.); Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (K.E.C.M., R.R.T., S.L.F.); Division of Nephrology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH (M.M.); Division of Nephrology, Seattle Children's Hospital, WA (J.T.F.); Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, GA (L.A.G.); Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (A.D.); and Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO (B.W.).
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dart
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA (J.D.S., K.E.C.M., S.L.F.); Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (A.B.); Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (K.E.C.M., R.R.T., S.L.F.); Division of Nephrology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH (M.M.); Division of Nephrology, Seattle Children's Hospital, WA (J.T.F.); Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, GA (L.A.G.); Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (A.D.); and Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO (B.W.).
authors.forename: Bradley
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Warady
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA (J.D.S., K.E.C.M., S.L.F.); Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (A.B.); Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (K.E.C.M., R.R.T., S.L.F.); Division of Nephrology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH (M.M.); Division of Nephrology, Seattle Children's Hospital, WA (J.T.F.); Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, GA (L.A.G.); Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (A.D.); and Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO (B.W.). furths@email.chop.edu.
authors.forename: Susan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Furth
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003404:Creatinine / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008365:Manometry; D063177:Pulse Wave Analysis; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000652:urine; D059289:Vascular Stiffness / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D003404:Creatinine
keywords: arteriosclerosis; chronic kidney disease; pediatrics; pulse wave velocity; vascular stiffness