Renal histology in diabetic nephropathy predicts progression to end-stage kidney disease but not the rate of renal function decline.
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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:While histopathologic changes correlate with functional impairment in cross-sectional studies of diabetic nephropathy (DN), whether these findings predict future rate of kidney function loss remains uncertain. We thus sought to examine the relationship between kidney histopathology, incidence of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), and rate of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) loss in DN. METHODS:In this longitudinal cohort study, we studied 50 adults diagnosed with biopsy-proven DN. We analyzed the histopathologic parameters of each patient's kidney biopsy, as defined by the Renal Pathology Society classification system for DN, and tracked all available eGFR measurements post-biopsy. We additionally collected baseline clinical parameters (at the time of biopsy), including eGFR, albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR), and hemoglobin A1c. Multivariable linear regression was used to assess the relationship between histologic and clinical parameters at the time of the biopsy and eGFR slope. Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox regression were used to evaluate the association between histologic and clinical parameters and ESKD incidence. RESULTS:Progression to ESKD was associated with worsening interstitial fibrosis score (p?=?0.05), lower baseline eGFR (p?=?0.02), higher ACR (p?=?0.001), and faster eGFR decline (p?
SUBMITTER: Misra PS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7368674 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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