Validation of the interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy on the new pathological classification in patients with diabetic nephropathy: A single-center study in China

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• 作者：Xuejing Zhu ; Xiaofen Xiong ; Shuguang Yuan ; Li Xiao ; Xiao Fu ; Yuan Yang ; Chengyuan Tang ; Liyu He ; Fuyou Liu ; Lin Sun ; ^{zndxsunlin11@163.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Diabetic nephropathy ; Pathological classification ; IFTA ; Predictor
• 刊名：Journal of Diabetes and its Complications
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：April 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：30
• 期：3
• 页码：537-541
• 全文大小：277 K

文摘

The association between interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy (IFTA) and the clinical outcomes in diabetic nephropathy (DN) remains unclear. This study is to evaluate the clinical predictors and renal prognosis of IFTA score in patients with DN.

Methods

52 cases with DN with renal biopsy were divided into three groups according to IFTA score. The χ² test or Fisher’s exact test, Mann–Whitney U-test, Kruskal–Wallis H-test and Spearman’s correlation analysis were used in this subject. Ordinal regression mode was utilized to evaluate which clinical factors might be the predictors of IFTA score.

Results

Compared to IFTA score 1 group, the patients in score 3 were younger and have greatly lower level of eGFR and hemoglobin and higher serum creatinine (p < 0.01). A close relationship between the clinical findings and IFTA was observed, such as IFTA with eGFR(r = − 0.58, P < 0.01), triglyceride(r = − 0.29, P = 0.04), Hb (r = − 0.38, P < 0.01), systolic blood pressure (r = 0.29, P = 0.04) and urinary protein level (r = 0.46, P < 0.01); in addition, eGFR (OR 0.31 (95%Cl − 1.883 to − 0.485) p = 0.001) showed statistical significance with IFTA. The 5-year renal survival rate was estimated as 100% in IFTA score 0, 88.9% in score 1, 76.9% in score 2, and 20.0% in score 3. Furthermore, greatly lower level of eGFR, and higher serum creatinine and BUN in the glomerular class IV were seen (p < 0.01 vs class II), with positive correlation with IFTA (r = 0.51, P < 0.01).

Conclusion

The renal pathologic diagnosis in IFTA score was a good predictor for renal prognosis in type II DM. eGFR might be a predictor of IFTA in patients with DN.