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Recent studies have shown that a dysbiotic gut increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Therefore, we hypothesized that appendectomy would increase the risk of CKD.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This nationwide, population-based, propensity-score-matched cohort study included 10,383 patients who underwent appendectomy and 41,532 propensity-score-matched controls. Data were collected by the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan from 2000 to 2013. We examined the associations between appendectomy and CKD and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The major outcome was a new diagnosis of CKD based on an outpatient diagnosis made at least three times or hospital discharge diagnosis made once during the follow-up period. ESRD was defined as undergoing dialysis therapy for at least 90 days, as in previous studies.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The incidence rates of CKD and ESRD were higher in the appendectomy group than in the control cohort (CKD: 6.52 vs. 5.93 per 1,000 person-years, respectively; ESRD: 0.49 vs. 0.31 per 1,000 person-years, respectively). Appendectomy patients also had a higher risk of developing CKD (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 1.13; 95% CI [1.01\u20131.26];\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.037) and ESRD (aHR 1.59; 95% CI [1.06\u20132.37];\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.024) than control group patients. Subgroup analysis showed that appendectomy patients with concomitant diabetes mellitus (aHR 2.08;\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.004) were at higher risk of incident ESRD than those without diabetes mellitus. The interaction effects of appendectomy and diabetes mellitus were significant for ESRD risk (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.022); no interaction effect was found for CKD risk (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.555).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Appendectomy increases the risk of developing CKD and ESRD, especially in diabetic patients. Physicians should pay close attention to renal function prognosis in appendectomy patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.7717\/peerj.5019","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,6,13]],"date-time":"2018-06-13T07:22:26Z","timestamp":1528874546000},"page":"e5019","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Increased chronic kidney disease development and progression in diabetic patients after appendectomy: a population-based cohort study"],"prefix":"10.7717","volume":"6","author":[{"given":"Chin-Hua","family":"Chang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Changhua Christian hospital, Changhua, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chew-Teng","family":"Kor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine Research Center, Changhua Christian hospital, Changhua, Taiwan"},{"name":"Graduate Institute of Statistics and Information Science, 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