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. 2007 Dec;18(12):3177-83.
doi: 10.1681/ASN.2007050526. Epub 2007 Oct 31.

Remission of proteinuria improves prognosis in IgA nephropathy

Heather N Reich  1 , Stéphan Troyanov, James W Scholey, Daniel C Cattran; Toronto Glomerulonephritis Registry
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Remission of proteinuria improves prognosis in IgA nephropathy

Heather N Reich et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007 Dec.

Abstract

Proteinuria has been shown to be an adverse prognostic factor in IgA nephropathy. The benefit of achieving a partial remission of proteinuria, however, has not been well described. We studied 542 patients with biopsy-proven primary IgA nephropathy in the Toronto Glomerulonephritis Registry and found that glomerular filtration rate (GFR) declined at -0.38 +/- 0.61 ml/min per 1.73 m2/mo overall, with 30% of subjects reaching end-stage renal disease. Multivariate analysis revealed that proteinuria during follow-up was the most important predictor of the rate of GFR decline. Among the 171 patients with <1 g/d of sustained proteinuria, the rate of decline was 90% slower than the mean rate. The rate of decline increased with the amount of proteinuria, such that those with sustained proteinuria >3 g/d (n = 121) lost renal function 25-fold faster than those with <1 g/d. Patients who presented with > or =3 g/d who achieved a partial remission (<1 g/d) had a similar course to patients who had < or =1 g/d throughout, and fared far better than patients who never achieved remission. These results underscore the relationship between proteinuria and prognosis in IgA nephropathy and establish the importance of remission.

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