Increasing Physical inactivity may contribute to lowering risk of disease progression in CKD

Results

In the first model, findings indicate that the patients with the lowest PA score had significantly higher odds of CKD (OR 1.44, 95% CI 1.16 to 1.78; p=0.01), adjustment for age and sex attenuated this relationship (OR 1.25, 95% CI 1.56 to 1.78, p=0.04). Furthermore, adjusting for low-density lipoprotein, high-density lipoprotein, triglyceride, fasting blood glucose, body mass index, waist circumference, waist/hip ratio, coexisting diseases and smoking made this relationship insignificant (OR 1.23, 95% CI 0.97 to 1.55; p=0.076). After adjusting for potential confounders, we found that patients with lower PA have higher odds of CKD stage 2 (OR 1.62, 95% CI 1.13 to 2.32; p=0.008), no association with other CKD stages.

These data suggest that physical inactivity contributes to the risk of early CKD, so encouraging patients with CKD to maintain higher PA levels could be used as a simple and useful tool to decrease the risk of disease progression and its related burden.

Reference:

Moeinzadeh F, Babahajiani M, Seirafian S, et alAssessing physical inactivity as a risk factor for chronic kidney diseases in Iranian populationBMJ Open 2023;13:e070360. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070360

Keywords:

Moeinzadeh F, Babahajiani M, Seirafian S, BMJ Open, Physical, inactivity, contributes, risk, early CKD