IgA Nephropathy in Elderly Patients

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Some studies suggest that the incidence of IgA nephropathy is increasing in older adults, but there is a lack of information about the epidemiology and behavior of the disease in that age group.

DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS: In this retrospective multicentric study, we analyzed the incidence, forms of presentation, clinical and histologic characteristics, treatments received, and outcomes in a cohort of 151 patients ≥65 years old with biopsy-proven IgA nephropathy diagnosed between 1990 and 2015. The main outcome was a composite end point of kidney replacement therapy or death before kidney replacement therapy.

RESULTS: We found a significant increase in the diagnosis of IgA nephropathy over time from six patients in 1990-1995 to 62 in 2011-2015 (P value for trend =0.03). After asymptomatic urinary abnormalities (84 patients; 55%), AKI was the most common form of presentation (61 patients; 40%). Within the latter, 53 (86%) patients presented with hematuria-related AKI (gross hematuria and tubular necrosis associated with erythrocyte casts as the most important lesions in kidney biopsy), and eight patients presented with crescentic IgA nephropathy. Six (4%) patients presented with nephrotic syndrome. Among hematuria-related AKI, 18 (34%) patients were receiving oral anticoagulants, and this proportion rose to 42% among the 34 patients older than 72 years old who presented with hematuria-related AKI. For the whole cohort, survival rates without the composite end point were 74%, 48%, and 26% at 1, 2, and 5 years, respectively. Age, serum creatinine at presentation, and the degree of interstitial fibrosis in kidney biopsy were risk factors significantly associated with the outcome, whereas treatment with renin-angiotensin-aldosterone blockers was associated with a lower risk. Immunosuppressive treatments were not significantly associated with the outcome.

CONCLUSIONS: The diagnosis of IgA nephropathy among older adults in Spain has progressively increased in recent years, and anticoagulant therapy may be partially responsible for this trend. Prognosis was poor.

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Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - 14(2019), 8 vom: 07. Aug., Seite 1183-1192

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sevillano, Angel M [VerfasserIn]
Diaz, Monserrat [VerfasserIn]
Caravaca-Fontán, Fernando [VerfasserIn]
Barrios, Clara [VerfasserIn]
Bernis, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Cabrera, Jimena [VerfasserIn]
Calviño, Jesus [VerfasserIn]
Castillo, Lorena [VerfasserIn]
Cobelo, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Delgado-Mallén, Patricia [VerfasserIn]
Espinosa, Mario [VerfasserIn]
Fernandez-Juarez, Gema [VerfasserIn]
Fernandez-Reyes, Maria Jose [VerfasserIn]
Garcia-Osuna, Rosa [VerfasserIn]
Garcia, Patricia [VerfasserIn]
Goicoechea, Marian [VerfasserIn]
Gonzalez-Cabrera, Fayna [VerfasserIn]
Guzmán, Diomaris A [VerfasserIn]
Heras, Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Martín-Reyes, Guillermo [VerfasserIn]
Martinez, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Olea, Teresa [VerfasserIn]
Peña, Jessy Korina [VerfasserIn]
Quintana, Luis F [VerfasserIn]
Rabasco, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
López Revuelta, Katia [VerfasserIn]
Rodas, Lida [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez-Mendiola, Nuria [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez, Eva [VerfasserIn]
San Miguel, Luz [VerfasserIn]
Sanchez de la Nieta, Maria Dolores [VerfasserIn]
Shabaka, Amir [VerfasserIn]
Sierra, Milagros [VerfasserIn]
Valera, Alfonso [VerfasserIn]
Velo, Mercedes [VerfasserIn]
Verde, Eduardo [VerfasserIn]
Ballarin, Jose [VerfasserIn]
Noboa, Oscar [VerfasserIn]
Moreno, Juan Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Gutiérrez, Eduardo [VerfasserIn]
Praga, Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Spanish Group for the Study of Glomerular Diseases (GLOSEN) [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute kidney injury
Acute renal failure
Aldosterone
Angiotensins
Anticoagulants
Anticoagulation therapy
Biopsy
Creatinine
Erythrocytes
Glomerulonephritis, IGA
Hematuria
IgA nephropathy
Incidence
Journal Article
Kidney Function Tests
Multicenter Study
Nephrotic syndrome
Prognosis
Renal Replacement Therapy
Renin
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Retrospective Studies
Risk factors

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 22.10.2020

Date Revised 02.05.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2215/CJN.13251118

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Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM299247031