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- Title
The association of kidney function with repetitive breath-hold diving activities of female divers from Korea, Haenyeo.
- Authors
Yun Jung Oh; Ji Yong Jung; Sung Soo Kim; Kyong-Suk Chae; Jiwon Rhu; Chungsik Lee; Oh, Yun Jung; Jung, Ji Yong; Kim, Sung Soo; Chae, Kyong-Suk; Rhu, Jiwon; Lee, Chungsik
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Voluntary apnea during breath-hold diving (BHD) induces cardiovascular changes including bradycardia, reduced cardiac output, and arterial hypertension. Although the impacts of repetitive BHD on cardiovascular health have been studied previously, the long-term risk for kidney dysfunction has never been investigated.<bold>Methods: </bold>A cross-sectional propensity score-matched study was performed to evaluate the influence of repetitive long-lasting BHD on kidney function. Using matching propensity scores (PS), 715 breath-hold female divers (Haenyeo) and non-divers were selected for analysis from 1,938 female divers and 3,415 non-divers, respectively. The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) defined as an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) calculated to be less than 60 ml/min/1.73 m2 was investigated in both diver and non-diver groups.<bold>Results: </bold>The prevalence of CKD was significantly higher in breath-hold divers compared with non-divers after PS matching (12.6% vs. 8.0%, P = 0.004). In multivariate analysis, BHD activity was significantly associated with the risk of CKD in an unmatched cohort (OR, 1.976; 95% CI, 1.465-2.664). In the PS-matched cohort, BHD remained the independent risk factor for CKD even after adjusting for multiple covariates (OR 1.967; 95% CI, 1.341-2.886).<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Shallow but repetitive intermittent apnea by BHD, sustained for a long period of time, may potentially cause a deterioration in kidney function, as a long-term consequence.
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; KIDNEY function tests; WOMEN divers; BREATH holding; CHRONIC kidney failure; GLOMERULAR filtration rate; DIVING; MULTIVARIATE analysis; PROBABILITY theory; CROSS-sectional method; CASE-control method; ODDS ratio
- Publication
BMC Nephrology, 2017, Vol 18, p1
- ISSN
1471-2369
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s12882-017-0481-1