Familial Clustering of ESRD in the Norwegian Population
- 1 October 2014
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
- Vol. 9 (10), 1692-1700
- https://doi.org/10.2215/cjn.01680214
Abstract
Studies and clinical experience suggest that kidney disease clusters in families, but few population-based studies have been performed. This study investigates risks and causes of ESRD in Norwegians with and without a first-degree relative with ESRD. On the basis of data from the Norwegian Population Registry, first-degree relatives for most Norwegians were identified. All Norwegians with ESRD (defined as chronic RRT) since 1980 have been registered in the Norwegian Renal Registry. All Norwegians born in Norway who were alive in 1980 and had at least one registered relative were included. For this study, data on ESRD were available through 2009, and individuals without ESRD were censored at December 31, 2009. Data were analyzed in a cohort design, with ESRD in a first-degree relative of the included person as the main explanatory variable. Risks of ESRD and different causes of ESRD were analyzed using Cox regression statistics. In total, 5,119,134 individuals were included, of whom 8203 individuals developed ESRD during follow-up and 27,046 individuals had a first-degree relative with ESRD. Compared with individuals without a first-degree relative with ESRD, individuals with a first-degree relative with ESRD had a relative risk of ESRD of 7.2 (95% confidence interval, 6.5 to 8.1). Similar analyses showed that relative risk of ESRD caused by nonhereditary causes was 3.7 (95% confidence interval, 3.1 to 4.4), relative risk of ESRD caused by glomerular disease was 5.2 (95% confidence interval, 4.1 to 6.6), relative risk of ESRD caused by interstitial disease was 4.7 (95% confidence interval, 3.1 to 7.3), relative risk of ESRD caused by diabetic nephropathy was 2.6 (95% confidence interval, 1.6 to 4.1), and relative risk of ESRD caused by hypertensive nephrosclerosis was 2.6 (95% confidence interval, 1.6 to 4.1). Relative risk of nonhereditary parenchymal renal disease was 3.8 (95% confidence interval, 3.1 to 4.7). As expected, ESRD clusters in families. Interestingly, ESRD without known hereditary cause also clusters in families.Keywords
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