title: [Prognostic significance of persistent massive proteinuria in progressive IgA nephropathy--a long-term follow-up study].
abstract: The most reliable factors predicting a long-term prognosis in individual progressive IgA nephropathy patients were evaluated. Ninety-eight cases who showed moderate to severe histological alterations (total score of 7 or more) and were continuously followed up for 10 years or more from the first biopsy were the subjects of this study. During the follow-up period of 10 years, 52 of the 98 cases went into hemodialysis treatment (HD). All 24 cases who had a higher total score of 17 or more, or severe renal dysfunction of less than 60 ml/min in their initial Ccr values went into HD. The remaining 74 cases who showed both a total score below 16 and initial Ccr values of 60 ml/min or more were divided into two groups in their clinical courses: 28 (group I) of the 74 cases went into HD and the other 46 (group II) did not. The degree of initial proteinuria was significantly different between groups I and II, but the degree of individual proteinuria was in a similar range from 0.5 to 2.5 g/day in most cases of both groups. Therefore, in order to clarify a more precise factor associated with the individual prognosis, the % duration of massive proteinuria (% DP) was calculated in individual cases. The % DP was more significantly different between groups I and II (82.6 +/- 26.1 vs 19.6 +/- 27.3%, p < 0.01). Moreover, all cases but one in group I showed 30% or more in % DP and 35 of 46 cases in group II showed 30% or less.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Nursing, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kokubo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hiki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tateno
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005922:Glomerulonephritis, IGA / Q000628:therapy / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000652:urine*; D006435:Renal Dialysis