Association Between Elevated Blood Eosinophils and Chronic Kidney Disease Progression: Analyses of a Large United States Electronic Health Records Database.

Objective of this study was to assess the relationship between blood eosinophil counts (bEOS) and CKD progression, adjusting for clinical and demographic features as well as known risk factors for CKD stages 3– 4. The primary outcomes were CKD progression and all-cause mortality.Results: We found that high eosinophilic levels (bEOS ≥ 300 cells/μL) were associated with CKD progression from stage 3 to stages 4 or 5 (hazard ratio [HR] ranging from 1.30 to 1.50) and from stages 4 to 5 (HR ranging from 1.28 to 1.50). Among patients with CKD progression, those with blood eosinophils ≥ 300 cells/μL appeared to have a relatively lower eGFR, higher all-cause mortality, and reduced time to CKD progression and death than those with < 300 cells/μL. Factors including sex, race, hypertension, anemia, and treatments for cardiovascular and hematopoietic drugs were associated with CKD progression.Conclusion: Elevated eosinophils may increase the risk for CKD progression. Larger studies are needed to assess whether the risk of mortality is increased among patients with elevated eosinophils. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]