Association of omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids with incident chronic kidney disease: pooled analysis of 19 cohorts
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Association of omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids with incident chronic kidney disease: pooled analysis of 19 cohorts
Abstract
Objective: To assess the prospective associations of circulating levels of omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (n-3 PUFA) biomarkers (including plant derived α linolenic acid and seafood derived eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid, and docosahexaenoic acid) with incident chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Design: Pooled analysis.
Data sources: A consortium of 19 studies from 12 countries identified up to May 2020.
Study selection: Prospective studies with measured n-3 PUFA biomarker data and incident CKD based on estimated glomerular filtration rate.
Data extraction and synthesis: Each participating cohort conducted de novo analysis with prespecified and consistent exposures, outcomes, covariates, and models. The results were pooled across cohorts using inverse variance weighted meta-analysis.
Main outcome measures: Primary outcome of incident CKD was defined as new onset estimated glomerular filtration rate <60 mL/min/1.73 m2. In a sensitivity analysis, incident CKD was defined as new onset estimated glomerular filtration rate <60 mL/min/1.73 m2 and <75% of baseline rate.
Results: 25 570 participants were included in the primary outcome analysis and 4944 (19.3%) developed incident CKD during follow-up (weighted median 11.3 years). In multivariable adjusted models, higher levels of total seafood n-3 PUFAs were associated with a lower incident CKD risk (relative risk per interquintile range 0.92, 95% confidence interval 0.86 to 0.98; P=0.009, I2=9.9%). In categorical analyses, participants with total seafood n-3 PUFA level in the highest fifth had 13% lower risk of incident CKD compared with those in the lowest fifth (0.87, 0.80 to 0.96; P=0.005, I2=0.0%). Plant derived α linolenic acid levels were not associated with incident CKD (1.00, 0.94 to 1.06; P=0.94, I2=5.8%). Similar results were obtained in the sensitivity analysis. The association appeared consistent across subgroups by age (≥60 v <60 years), estimated glomerular filtration rate (60-89 v ≥90 mL/min/1.73 m2), hypertension, diabetes, and coronary heart disease at baseline.
Conclusions: Higher seafood derived n-3 PUFA levels were associated with lower risk of incident CKD, although this association was not found for plant derived n-3 PUFAs. These results support a favourable role for seafood derived n-3 PUFAs in preventing CKD.
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Conflict of interest statement
Competing interests: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form at https://www.icmje.org/disclosure-of-interest and declare: support from Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Fellowship and the University of New South Wales Safety Net Fellowship for the submitted work; MM reports research funding from Resolve to Save Lives, World Health Organisation and North western University, and support as invited speaker in the Nordic Dairy Congress 2022. CMR and LMS report research funding from the US National Institute of Health (NIH). CMR reports participation on the Data Safety Monitoring Boards of the SUPER and ADEPT trials and leadership role as associate editor of Diabetes Care. ACvW reports research funding from Jaap Schouten Foundation. JMG reports research funding from Jaap Schouten Foundation, EU Horizon 2020, and Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports, The Netherlands, and leadership role as the Vice President of the Dutch Health Council. EKH reports research funding from Dutch Kidney Foundation. FI and NGF receive the MRC Epidemiology Unit core support. NGF reports research fundings from the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre Theme on Nutrition, Diet and Lifestyle. JT declares conference support from the University of Antioquia, Colombia and possession of stocks from Orion Pharma. MU declares possession of stocks from Orion Pharma. WSH declares possession of stock in OmegaQuant Analytics, LLC (a laboratory that offers blood fatty acid testing to healthcare providers, researchers and consumers). PSS reports research funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and honoraria from Biogen Australia and Roche Australia. ACW reports research funding from the US Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, NIH, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and Hass Avocado Board Avocado Nutrition Research Center. JA has received research honoraria for lectures from AstraZeneca and Novartis, and has participated in the advisory board for AstraZeneca and Boerhinger Ingelheim, unrelated to the present study. UR reports research funding from Swedish Research Council Forma and Swedish Diabetes Foundation. RM reports research funding from the US NIH, Gates Foundation, Nestle and Danone, and consulting fees from Development Initiatives with leadership role as chair of the Independent Expert Group, Global Nutrition Report. AT declares as co-chair of ClinGen Gout Genetic Curation Panel and reports research funding from the US National Institute of Health; AK reports research funding from the German Research Foundation. DM reports research funding from the US NIH, the Gates Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, Vail Innovative Global Research, and the Kaiser Permanente Fund at East Bay Community Foundation; personal fees from Acasti Pharma and Barilla; scientific advisory board, Beren Therapeutics, Brightseed, Calibrate, Elysium Health, Filtricine, HumanCo, Instacart, January Inc., Perfect Day, Tiny Organics, and (ended) Day Two, Discern Dx, and Season Health; stock ownership in Calibrate and HumanCo; and chapter royalties from UpToDate. No other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work were reported.
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