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Anemia in Diabetic Patients Reflects Severe Tubulointerstitial Injury and Aids in Clinically Predicting a Diagnosis of Diabetic Nephropathy.


ABSTRACT: Objective A kidney biopsy is generally performed in diabetic patients to discriminate between diabetic nephropathy (DN) and non-diabetic kidney disease (NDKD) and to provide more specific treatments. This study investigated the impact of anemia on the renal pathology and the clinical course in patients who underwent a kidney biopsy. Methods We reviewed 81 patients with type 2 diabetes who underwent a percutaneous kidney biopsy. Patients were classified into two groups: isolated DN (DN group, n=30) and NDKD alone or concurrent DN (NDKD group, n=51) groups. The laboratory and pathological findings and clinical courses were investigated. Results In the NDKD group, membranous nephropathy was the most common finding (23.5%), followed by IgA nephropathy (17.6%) and crescentic glomerulonephritis (13.7%). In the logistic regression analysis, the absence of severe hematuria and presence of anemia were significantly associated with a diagnosis of DN. Akaike's information criterion (AIC) and net reclassification improvement (NRI) analyses revealed improved predictive performance by adding anemia to the conventional factors (AIC 100.152 to 91.844; NRI 27.0%). The tissues of patients in the DN group demonstrated more severe interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy (IF/TA) than those in the NDKD group (p<0.05) regardless of the rate of global glomerulosclerosis, and IF/TA was related to the prevalence of anemia (odds ratio: 7.31, 95% confidence interval: 2.33-23.00, p<0.01) according to a multivariable regression analysis. Furthermore, the isolated DN group demonstrated a poorer prognosis than the NDKD group. Conclusion DN is associated with anemia because of severe IF/TA regardless of the renal function, and anemia helps clinician discriminate clinically between isolated DN and NDKD.

SUBMITTER: Ito K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8170246 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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