IgA肾病的肾单位数量与肾脏预后:一项回顾性队列研究。

IF 3 Q1 UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY
Kidney360 Pub Date : 2025-09-24 DOI:10.34067/KID.0000000983
Hirokazu Marumoto, Takaya Sasaki, Nobuo Tsuboi, Vivette D D'Agati, Yusuke Okabayashi, Kotaro Haruhara, Go Kanzaki, Kentaro Koike, John F Bertram, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Takashi Yokoo
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背景:我们之前报道了IgA肾病(IgAN)患者肾单位数量的显著差异,甚至在具有相似风险因素的患者中也是如此。本回顾性队列研究旨在评估肾单位数量在诊断活检中对IgAN患者后续肾脏预后的临床意义。方法:肾单位的数量,定义为每肾非全局硬化肾小球的总数,使用计算机断层成像和基于活检的体视学估计。根据肾单位数的分位数比较肾脏预后。主要终点是估计肾小球滤过率(eGFR)的年斜率,次要终点是肾脏替代治疗的开始。结果:共纳入222名日本成人IgAN患者。在整个队列中,eGFR在中位随访7.6年期间逐渐下降。根据基线eGFR、基线蛋白尿、牛津分级评分和活检后第一年的治疗调整,最低至最高肾单位数的年度eGFR斜率分别为-1.35、-1.11和-0.97 mL/min/1.73 m2/年(P < 0.001)。在最低、中等和最高三分位数的患者中,分别有32.4%、10.8%和0%的患者开始了肾脏替代治疗(P < 0.001)。多变量校正Cox比例风险模型证实,肾单位数量减少时,开始肾脏替代治疗的风险显著增加。结论:在诊断活检中发现的每肾非全局硬化性肾小球数量较少与IgAN患者未来肾功能下降的发生率增加独立相关,提供了传统临床和组织病理学危险因素之外的额外信息。将这一指标纳入常规评估可能会加强风险分层,并为IgAN患者提供更个性化、更有针对性的治疗策略。
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Nephron Number and Kidney Outcomes in IgA Nephropathy: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Background: We previously reported substantial variability in the number of nephrons in patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN), even among patients with similar risk factor profiles. This retrospective cohort study aimed to evaluate the clinical significance of nephron number at diagnostic biopsy for subsequent kidney outcomes in patients with IgAN.

Methods: The number of nephrons, defined as the total number of non-globally sclerotic glomeruli per kidney, was estimated using computed tomography imaging and biopsy-based stereology. Kidney outcomes were compared based on tertiles of nephron number. The primary endpoint was the annual slope of the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), and the secondary endpoint was the initiation of kidney replacement therapy.

Results: A total of 222 Japanese adults with IgAN were included. Among the entire cohort, eGFR exhibited a gradual decline over time during a median follow-up of 7.6 years. Annual eGFR slopes, adjusted for baseline eGFR, baseline proteinuria, Oxford classification scores, and therapies during the first year after biopsy, were -1.35, -1.11, and -0.97 mL/min/1.73 m2/year for the lowest to highest nephron number tertiles, respectively (P for trend < 0.001). Kidney replacement therapy was initiated in 32.4%, 10.8%, and 0% of patients in the lowest, middle, and highest tertiles, respectively (P for trend < 0.001). A significantly higher risk of kidney replacement therapy initiation with decreasing number of nephrons was confirmed using multivariable adjusted Cox proportional hazards models.

Conclusions: Lower number of non-globally sclerotic glomeruli per kidney identified at diagnostic biopsy was independently associated with increased rate of future kidney functional decline in IgAN patients, providing additional information beyond conventional clinical and histopathological risk factors. Incorporating this metric into routine evaluation may enhance risk stratification and inform more personalized, targeted treatment strategies for patients with IgAN.

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