Associations and mitigations: an analysis of the changing risk factor landscape for chronic kidney disease in primary care using national general practice level data
Objectives Early recognition of chronic kidney disease (CKD) should be achieved by every modern healthcare system. The objective of this study was to investigate CKD risk factor trends in England using general practice level data.Design Observational analysis of data at practice level for all genera...
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| description | Objectives Early recognition of chronic kidney disease (CKD) should be achieved by every modern healthcare system. The objective of this study was to investigate CKD risk factor trends in England using general practice level data.Design Observational analysis of data at practice level for all general practices in England. Practice characteristics identified as potential CKD risk factors included comorbidities and local demography. Data were analysed using both univariate and multivariate analysis to identify significant factors that were associated with CKD diagnosis for the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020.Setting Publicly available data from UK primary care sources including Primary Care Quality and Outcomes Framework database, practice-level prescribing data from the British National Formulary and Public Health England health outcome data.Participants All data submitted from 6471 medium to large practices in England were included (over 46 million patients).Risk factor analysis Potential risk factors were grouped into four classes based on existing literature: demographic factors, comorbidities, service and practice outcome factors, and prescribing data effects.Results The original model’s prediction of CKD improved from r2 0.38 to an r2 of 0.66 when updated factors were included. Positive associations included known risk factors with higher relative risk such as hypertension and diabetes, along with less recognised factors such as depression and use of opiates. Negative associations included NSAIDs which are traditionally associated with increased CKD risk, and prescribing of antibiotics, along with more northerly locations.Conclusions CKD is a preventable disease with high costs and consequences. These data and novel analysis give clearer relative risk values for different patient characteristics with some unexpected findings such as potential harmful association between CKD and opiates, and a more benign association with NSAIDs. A deeper understanding of CKD risk factors is important to update and implement local and national management strategies. Further research is required to establish the causal nature of these associations and to refine location appropriate actions to minimise harm from CKD on regional and local levels. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d6f4dc2fdcc24a93be0be9c20b239a0c2025-08-20T02:27:22ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552022-12-01121210.1136/bmjopen-2022-064723Associations and mitigations: an analysis of the changing risk factor landscape for chronic kidney disease in primary care using national general practice level dataMark Davies0Adrian Heald1Mike Stedman2Patrick Harnett3Adam Robinson4Res Consortium, Andover, UKUniversity of Manchester, Manchester, UKRes Consortium, Andover, UKDepartment of Renal Medicine, Princess Elizabeth Hospital, Saint Andrews, GuernseyUniversity of Manchester, Manchester, UKObjectives Early recognition of chronic kidney disease (CKD) should be achieved by every modern healthcare system. The objective of this study was to investigate CKD risk factor trends in England using general practice level data.Design Observational analysis of data at practice level for all general practices in England. Practice characteristics identified as potential CKD risk factors included comorbidities and local demography. Data were analysed using both univariate and multivariate analysis to identify significant factors that were associated with CKD diagnosis for the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020.Setting Publicly available data from UK primary care sources including Primary Care Quality and Outcomes Framework database, practice-level prescribing data from the British National Formulary and Public Health England health outcome data.Participants All data submitted from 6471 medium to large practices in England were included (over 46 million patients).Risk factor analysis Potential risk factors were grouped into four classes based on existing literature: demographic factors, comorbidities, service and practice outcome factors, and prescribing data effects.Results The original model’s prediction of CKD improved from r2 0.38 to an r2 of 0.66 when updated factors were included. Positive associations included known risk factors with higher relative risk such as hypertension and diabetes, along with less recognised factors such as depression and use of opiates. Negative associations included NSAIDs which are traditionally associated with increased CKD risk, and prescribing of antibiotics, along with more northerly locations.Conclusions CKD is a preventable disease with high costs and consequences. These data and novel analysis give clearer relative risk values for different patient characteristics with some unexpected findings such as potential harmful association between CKD and opiates, and a more benign association with NSAIDs. A deeper understanding of CKD risk factors is important to update and implement local and national management strategies. Further research is required to establish the causal nature of these associations and to refine location appropriate actions to minimise harm from CKD on regional and local levels.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/12/e064723.full |
| spellingShingle | Mark Davies Adrian Heald Mike Stedman Patrick Harnett Adam Robinson Associations and mitigations: an analysis of the changing risk factor landscape for chronic kidney disease in primary care using national general practice level data BMJ Open |
| title | Associations and mitigations: an analysis of the changing risk factor landscape for chronic kidney disease in primary care using national general practice level data |
| title_full | Associations and mitigations: an analysis of the changing risk factor landscape for chronic kidney disease in primary care using national general practice level data |
| title_fullStr | Associations and mitigations: an analysis of the changing risk factor landscape for chronic kidney disease in primary care using national general practice level data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Associations and mitigations: an analysis of the changing risk factor landscape for chronic kidney disease in primary care using national general practice level data |
| title_short | Associations and mitigations: an analysis of the changing risk factor landscape for chronic kidney disease in primary care using national general practice level data |
| title_sort | associations and mitigations an analysis of the changing risk factor landscape for chronic kidney disease in primary care using national general practice level data |
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