title: Idiopathic IgA mesangial nephropathy. Clinical and histological study of 374 patients.
abstract: Histological features and data on the natural history after 1 to 45 years (mean 6.56 +/- 8.55) of total apparent duration and 1 to 13 years (mean 3.48 +/- 5.04) of post-biopsy follow-up, are reported in 374 patients (mean age, 33.9 +/- 11.9 yrs) with idiopathic mesangial IgA nephropathy, who presented with a history of macroscopic hematuria (56%), recurrent in two-thirds of the patients, or with persistent microscopic hematuria and no previous episodes of gross hematuria (44%). Mesangial cell proliferation ranged from minimal to diffuse. Associated varying degrees of extracapillary proliferation, segmental and global glomerular sclerosis, tubulo-interstitial damage and arteriolar hyalinosis usually correlated with each other and with the extent of mesangial proliferation (P less than 0.05). The actuarial curve of progression to renal death showed a 75% survival after 20 years from apparent onset. Progression to renal failure was more rapid in patients with: an older age at onset (P = 0.0582); male sex (P = 0.0730); no history of recurrent gross hematuria (P = 0.0406); high blood pressure (P = 0.0011); more marked global (P = 0.0007) and segmental (P = 0.0026) glomerular sclerosis; more severe interstitial sclerosis (P = 0.0147); more diffuse and global mesangial proliferation (P = 0.0820); mesangio-parietal pattern at immunofluorescence (P = 0.0778). However, all these parameters showed a poor predictive value if applied to any single patient.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000473:pathology*; D005922:Glomerulonephritis, IGA / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D007070:Immunoglobulin A