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MEDICC Review 2014; 16 (2)

Spatial distribution of unspecified chronic kidney disease in El Salvador by crop area cultivated and ambient temperature

VanDervort, DR, López DL, Orantes NCM, Rodríguez DS

Language: Spanish
References: 53
Page: 31-38
PDF size: 562.59 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: Chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology is occurring in various geographic areas worldwide. Cases lack typical risk factors associated with chronic kidney disease, such as diabetes and hypertension. It is epidemic in El Salvador, Central America, where it is diagnosed with increasing frequency in young, otherwise-healthy male farmworkers. Suspected causes include agrochemical use (especially in sugarcane  elds), physical heat stress, and heavy metal exposure.
Objetive: To evaluate the geographic relationship between unspeci ed chronic kidney disease (unCKD) and nondiabetic chronic renal failure (ndESRD) hospital admissions in El Salvador with the proximity to cultivated crops and ambient temperatures.
Methods: Data on unCKD and ndESRD were compared with environmental variables, crop area cultivated (indicator of agrochemical use) and high ambient temperatures. Using geographically weighted regression analysis, two model sets were created using reported municipal hospital admission rates per ten thousand population for unCKD 2006–2010 and rates of ndESRD 2005–2010. These were assessed against local percent of land cultivated by crop (sugarcane, coffee, corn, cotton, sorghum, and beans) and mean maximum ambient temperature, with Moran’s indices determining data clustering. Two-dimensional geographic models illustrated parameter spatial distribution.
Results: Bivariate geographically weighted regressions showed statistically signi cant correlations between percent area of sugarcane, corn, cotton, coffee, and bean cultivation, as well as mean maximum ambient temperature with both unCKD and ndESRD hospital admission rates. Percent area of sugarcane cultivation had greatest statistical weight (p ≤ 0.001; R p2 = 0.77 for unCKD). The most statistically signi cant multivariate geographically weighted regression model for unCKD included percent area of sugarcane, cotton and corn cultivation (p ≤ 0.001; R p2 = 0.80), while, for ndESRD, it included the percent area of sugarcane, corn, cotton and coffee cultivation (R p2 = 0.52). Univariate unCKD and ndESRD Moran’s I (0.20 and 0.33, respectively) indicated some degree of clustering. Ambient temperature did not improve multivariate geographically-weighted regression models for unCKD or ndESRD. Local bivariate Moran’s indices with relatively high positive values and statistical signi cance (0.3–1.0, p ≤ 0.05) indicated positive clustering between unCKD hospital admission rates and percent area of sugarcane as well as cotton cultivation. The greatest positive response for clustering values did not consistently plot near the highest temperatures; there were some positive clusters in regions of lower temperatures. Clusters of ndESRD were also observed, some in areas of relatively low chronic kidney disease incidence in western El Salvador.
Conclusions: High temperatures do not appear to strongly in uence occurrence of unCKDu proxies. CKDu in El Salvador may arise from proximity to agriculture to which agrochemicals are applied, especially in sugarcane cultivation. The  ndings of this preliminary ecological study suggest that more research is needed to assess and quantify presence of speci c agrochemicals in high-CKDu areas.


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