The relation between proteinuria and the severity of COVID-19

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BACKGROUND: The association between proteinuria, which is also an indicator of chronic kidney disease (CKD), and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity is unclear.

METHODS: We selected 342 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 diagnosed via polymerase chain reaction testing between February 2020 and October 2022 and who had at least one urinalysis 14-365 days before admission.

RESULTS: Proteinuria before admission was associated neither with oxygen administration nor developing pneumonia in multivariate analysis (odds ratio [OR] 1.03; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.44-2.40, p = 0.95 and OR 1.01; 95% CI 0.47-2.17, p = 0.98, respectively). Proteinuria on admission was associated both with oxygen administration and developing pneumonia in multivariate analysis (OR 3.29; 95% CI 1.37-7.88, p < 0.01 and OR 3.81; 95% CI 1.68-8.62, p < 0.01, respectively). The percentage of patients with proteinuria on admission was significantly higher than those before admission (37.4% vs. 17.8%; p < 0.01). In the subgroup analysis, proteinuria on admission among patients with eGFR ≥ 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 was associated with both oxygen administration and developing pneumonia (OR 4.86; 95% CI 1.22-19.38, p = 0.03, OR 3.65; 95% CI 1.06-12.58, p = 0.04, respectively). In contrast, proteinuria on admission among patients with eGFR < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 was associated with developing pneumonia (OR 6.45; 95%CI 1.78-23.35, p = 0.01), not with oxygen administration (OR 3.28; 95% CI 0.92-11.72, p = 0.07).

CONCLUSIONS: Although underlying proteinuria before admission was not associated with COVID-19 severity, proteinuria on admission was associated with oxygen demand and developing pneumonia.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Clinical and experimental nephrology - 28(2024), 3 vom: 21. Feb., Seite 235-244

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fukui, Akira [VerfasserIn]
Takeshita, Kohei [VerfasserIn]
Nakashima, Akio [VerfasserIn]
Maruyama, Yukio [VerfasserIn]
Tsuboi, Nobuo [VerfasserIn]
Hoshina, Tokio [VerfasserIn]
Yokoo, Takashi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19 severity
Chronic kidney disease (CKD)
Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)
Journal Article
Oxygen
Proteinuria
S88TT14065
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

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Date Completed 22.02.2024

Date Revised 24.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10157-023-02428-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364543752