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Fig. 1. Progression to chronic kidney disease.CKDdefined as confirmed (persisting for3 months) decrease to eGFR to 60ml/min
per 1.73m2 or less if eGFR at baseline above 60ml/min per 1.73m2 or confirmed 25% decrease in eGFR if baseline eGFR 60ml/
min per 1.73m2 or less. CKD, chronic kidney disease; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.
P<0.0001]. No other antiretroviral drugs or type of
cART regimen was associated with CKD. For example,
after adjustment, each additional year of exposure to
abacavir was associated with a 4% increased incidence of
CKD (IRR 1.04, 95% CI 0.98–1.09, P¼0.16), with
efavirenz was 5% (IRR 1.05, 95% CI 0.98–1.10,
P¼0.12), with zidovudine was 0% (IRR 1.00, 95%
CI 0.96–1.04, P¼0.97) and with stavudine was 3%
(IRR 1.03, 95% CI 0.98–1.08, P¼0.28).
Whenusing theMDRDformula [15], 9162 patientswere
included in analyses and 277 developed CKD during
39 250.3 PYFU, an incidence of 0.95 per 100 PYFU
(95% CI 0.84–1.06). Using the CKD Epidemiology
Collaboration formula [34], there were 258 patients who
developed CKD (incidence of 0.88 per 100 PYFU, 95%
CI 0.77–0.99). Therewere 129 events (incidence of 0.60
per 100 PYFU, 95% CI 0.49–0.70) using the INSIGHT
when baseline eGFR 60 ml/min per 1.73m2). In all
cases, the results were completely consistent with each
other (Fig. 3), as was CKD defined solely as confirmed
eGFR of 60 ml/min per 1.73m2 or less when baseline
eGFR above 60 ml/min per 1.73m2 (203 events).
definition (confirmed 25% decline in eGFR to 60 ml/
min per 1.73m2 or confirmed 25% decline in eGFR
atazanavir. Similarly, the association with atazanavir and
lopinavir/r was unaffected by censoring follow-up at
starting tenofovir, although the marked reduction in
power (40% of follow-up timewas removed) reduced the
statistical significance. Finally, the adjusted IRR for
tenofovir per additional year of exposure was maintained
when the analysis was censored at initiation of a boostedprotease
inhibitor-containing regimen (60% of follow-up
time was removed).
Antiretroviral drugs are often taken together; therefore,
we performed additional analyses censoring patient
follow-up, using the Cockcroft–Gault formula (Fig. 3).
Censoring patient follow-up at starting, atazanavir
reduced the follow-up time by 19%. Figure 3 can then
be interpreted as the adjusted IRR per additional year of
exposure to tenofovir or lopinavir/r in patients who have
not started atazanavir. The adjusted IRR per additional
year of exposure to tenofovir and lopinavir/r were very
similar, which suggests that the increased incidence of
CKDin patients taking lopinavir/r or tenofovir cannot be
explained by the fact that the patientwas also treated with
In addition to assessing the effect of continuous exposure to
antiretroviral drugs for their possible association with
CKD, other ways of assessing the effect of antiretroviral
drugs was explored, as shown in Web Fig. 1(a) (Supplemental
Digital Content 1, http://links.lww.com/QAD/
A38, stratifying by years of exposure) and Web Fig. 1(b)
(Supplemental Digital Content 1, http://links.lww.com/
QAD/A39, current and previous use of antiretroviral
drugs). Of note, the power of these analyses is reduced
compared with our main analysis. After adjustment, there
was an increasing trend ofCKDassociated with increasing
exposure to atazanavir or indinavir(Web Fig. 1a); therewas
little additional increase in the incidence of CKD after
24 months exposure to tenofovir, whereas the increased
incidence of CKD for lopinavir/r was only seen (with
marginal significance) in patients with more than
36months of exposure. Patientswho had started atazanavir
or lopinavir/r but were not currently taking the drug did
not have an increased incidence of CKD compared with
those who had never started the drug (Web Fig. 1b),
whereas for indinavir and tenofovir, patients who had
stopped the drug continued to have a significantly
increased incidence of CKD. Thiswas further investigated
for tenofovir. After adjustment, compared with patients
who had never started tenofovir, those who had started
tenofovir but stopped within the last 12months had a fourfold
increased incidence ofCKD(adjusted IRR4.05, 95%
CI 2.51–6.53, P<0.0001). Patients who had stopped for
% progressed
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