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1. Evidence from the large VALIGA cohort validates the subclassification of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in IgA nephropathy

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Coppo, R., Feehaly, J., Troyanov, S., Cattran, D.C., Cook, H.T., Roberts, I., Radcliffe, John, Russo, M.L., Tesar, V., Maixnerova, D., Lundberg, S., Gesualdo, L., Emma, F., Fuiano, L., Beltrame, G., Rollino, C., Amore, A., Camilla, R., Peruzzi, L., Praga, M., Feriozzi, S., Polci, R., Segoloni, G., Colla, L., Pani, A., Piras, D., Angioi, A., Cancarini, G., Ravera, S., Durlik, M., Moggia, E., Ballarin, J., Di Giulio, S., Pugliese, F., Serriello, I., Caliskan, Y., Sever, M., Kilicaslan, I., Locatelli, F., Del Vecchio, L., Wetzels, J.F.M., Peters, H., Berg, U., Carvalho, F., da Costa Ferreira, A.C., Maggio, M., Wiecek, A., Ots-Rosenberg, M., Magistroni, R., Topaloglu, R., Bilginer, Y., D’Amico, M., Papagianni, K., Stangou, M., Giacchino, F., Goumenos, D., Papasotirious, M., Kalliakmani, P., Gerolymos, M., Galesic, K., Toric, L., Geddes, C., Siamopoulos, K., Balafa, O., Galliani, M., Stratta, P., Quaglia, M., Bergia, R., Cravero, R., Salvadori, M., Cirami, L., Fellstrom, B., Kloster Smerud, H., Ferrario, F., Stellato, T., Egido, J., Martin, C., Floege, J., Eitner, F., Lupo, A., Bernich, P., Menè, P., Morosetti, M., van Kooten, C., Rabelink, T., Reinders, M.E.J., Boria Grinyo, J.M., Cusinato, S., Benozzi, L., Savoldi, S., Licata, C., Mizerska-Wasiak, M., Roszkowska-Blaim, M., Hryszko, T., Klinger, M., Kamińska, D., Krajewska, M., Martina, G., Messuerotti, A., Dal Canton, A., Esposito, C., Migotto, C., Triolo, G., Mariano, F., Pozzi, C., Boero, R., Cambier, A., Bellur, S., Mazzucco, G., Giannakakis, C., Honsova, E., Sundelin, B., Di Palma, A.M., Diomedi-Casadei, F., Gutiérrez, E., Asunis, A.M., Barratt, J., Tardanico, R., Perkowska-Ptasinska, A., Arce Terroba, J., Fortunato, M., Pantzaki, A., Ozluk, Y., Steenbergen, E., Soderberg, M., Riispere, Z., Furci, L., Orhan, D., Kipgen, D., Casartelli, D., Galesic Ljubanovic, D., Gakiopoulou, H., Bertoni, E., Cannata Ortiz, P., Karkoszka, H., Groene, H.J., Stoppacciaro, A., Bajema, I., Bruijn, J., Fulladosa Oliveras, X., Maldyk, J., Ioachim, E., Royal, V., Bellur, Shubha S., Troyanov, Stéphan, Vorobyeva, Olga, Coppo, Rosanna, and Roberts, Ian S.D.

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2024
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2. Application of the International IgA Nephropathy Prediction Tool one or two years post-biopsy

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Russo, M.L., Troyanov, S., Cook, H.T., Roberts, I., Tesar, V., Maixnerova, D., Lundberg, S., Gesualdo, L., Emma, F., Fuiano, L., Beltrame, G., Rollino, C., Amore, A., Camilla, R., Peruzzi, L., Praga, M., Feriozzi, S., Polci, R., Segoloni, G., Colla, L., Pani, A., Piras, D., Angioi, A., Cancarini, G., Ravera, S., Durlik, M., Moggia, E., Ballarin, J., Di Giulio, S., Pugliese, F., Serriello, I., Caliskan, Y., Sever, M., Kilicaslan, I., Locatelli, F., Del Vecchio, L., Wetzels, J.F.M., Peters, H., Berg, U., Carvalho, F., da Costa Ferreira, A.C., Maggio, M., Wiecek, A., Ots-Rosenberg, M., Magistroni, R., Topaloglu, R., Bilginer, Y., D’Amico, M., Stangou, M., Giacchino, F., Goumenos, D., Papachristou, E., Galesic, K., Geddes, C., Siamopoulos, K., Balafa, O., Galliani, M., Stratta, P., Quaglia, M., Bergia, R., Cravero, R., Salvadori, M., Cirami, L., Fellstrom, B., Smerud, H. Kloster, Ferrario, F., Stellato, T., Egido, J., Martin, C., Floege, J., Eitner, F., Lupo, A., Bernich, P., Menè, P., Morosetti, M., van Kooten, C., Rabelink, T., Reinders, M.E.J., Boria Grinyo, J.M., Cusinato, S., Benozzi, L., Savoldi, S., Licata, C., Mizerska-Wasiak, M., Martina, G., Messuerotti, A., Dal Canton, A., Esposito, C., Migotto, C., Triolo, G., Mariano, F., Pozzi, C., Boero, R., Bellur, S., Mazzucco, G., Giannakakis, C., Honsova, E., Sundelin, B., Di Palma, A.M., Gutiérrez, E., Asunis, A.M., Barratt, J., Tardanico, R., Perkowska-Ptasinska, A., Terroba, J. Arce, Fortunato, M., Pantzaki, A., Ozluk, Y., Steenbergen, E., Soderberg, M., Riispere, Z., Furci, L., Orhan, D., Kipgen, D., Casartelli, D., Ljubanovic, D. Galesic, Gakiopoulou, H., Bertoni, E., Cannata Ortiz, P., Karkoszka, H., Groene, H.J., Stoppacciaro, A., Bajema, I., Bruijn, J., Fulladosa Oliveras, X., Maldyk, J., Ioachim, E., Bavbek, N., Cook, T., Alpers, C., Berthoux, F., Bonsib, S., D’Agati, V., D’Amico, G., Emancipator, S., Emmal, F., Fervenza, F., Florquin, S., Fogo, A., Groene, H., Haas, M., Hill, P., Hogg, R., Hsu, S., Hunley, T., Hladunewich, M., Jennette, C., Joh, K., Julian, B., Kawamura, T., Lai, F., Leung, C., Li, L., Li, P., Liu, Z., Massat, A., Mackinnon, B., Mezzano, S., Schena, F., Tomino, Y., Walker, P., Wang, H., Weening, J., Yoshikawa, N., Zeng, C.-H., Shi, S., Nogi, C., Suzuki, H., Koike, K., Hirano, K., Yokoo, T., Hanai, M., Fukami, K., Takahashi, K., Yuzawa, Y., Niwa, M., Yasuda, Y., Maruyama, S., Ichikawa, D., Suzuki, T., Shirai, S., Fukuda, A., Fujimoto, S., Trimarchi, H., Barbour, Sean J., Coppo, Rosanna, Zhang, Hong, Liu, Zhi-Hong, Suzuki, Yusuke, Matsuzaki, Keiichi, Er, Lee, Reich, Heather N., Barratt, Jonathan, and Cattran, Daniel C.

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2022
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3. Development and testing of an artificial intelligence tool for predicting end-stage kidney disease in patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy

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Tesar, V., Maixnerova, D., Lundberg, S., Gesualdo, L., Emma, F., Fuiano, L., Beltrame, G., Rollino, C., Coppo, R., Amore, A., Camilla, R., Peruzzi, L., Praga, M., Feriozzi, S., Polci, R., Segoloni, G., Colla, L., Pani, A., Angioi, A., Piras, L., Feehally, J., Cancarini, G., Ravera, S., Durlik, M., Moggia, E., Ballarin, J., Di Giulio, S., Pugliese, F., Serriello, I., Caliskan, Y., Sever, M., Kilicaslan, I., Locatelli, F., Del Vecchio, L., Wetzels, J.F.M., Peters, H., Berg, U., Carvalho, F., da Costa Ferreira, A.C., Maggio, M., Wiecek, A., Ots-Rosenberg, M., Magistroni, R., Topaloglu, R., Bilginer, Y., D’Amico, M., Stangou, M., Giacchino, F., Goumenos, D., Papasotiriou, M., Galesic, K., Toric, L., Geddes, C., Siamopoulos, K., Balafa, O., Galliani, M., Stratta, P., Quaglia, M., Bergia, R., Cravero, R., Salvadori, M., Cirami, L., Fellstrom, B., Smerud, H. Kloster, Ferrario, F., Stellato, T., Egido, J., Martin, C., Floege, J., Eitner, F., Rauen, T., Lupo, A., Bernich, P., Menè, P., Morosetti, M., van Kooten, C., Rabelink, T., Reinders, M.E.J., Grinyo, J.M. Boria, Cusinato, S., Benozzi, L., Savoldi, S., Licata, C., Mizerska-Wasiak, M., Roszkowska-Blaim, M., Martina, G., Messuerotti, A., Canton, A. Dal, Esposito, C., Migotto, C., Triolo, G., Mariano, F., Pozzi, C., Boero, R., Mazzucco, Giannakakis, C., Honsova, E., Sundelin, B., Di Palma, A.M., Gutiérrez, E., Asunis, A.M., Barratt, J., Tardanico, R., Perkowska-Ptasinska, A., Terroba, J. Arce, Fortunato, M., Pantzaki, A., Ozluk, Y., Steenbergen, E., Soderberg, M., Riispere, Z., Furci, L., Orhan, D., Kipgen, D., Casartelli, D., GalesicLjubanovic, D., Gakiopoulou, H., Bertoni, E., Ortiz, P. Cannata, Karkoszka, H., Groene, H.J., Stoppacciaro, A., Bajema, I., Bruijn, J., FulladosaOliveras, X., Maldyk, J., Ioachim, E., Abbrescia, Daniela, Kouri, Nikoleta, Stangou, Maria, Papagianni, Aikaterini, Scolari, Francesco, Delbarba, Elisa, Bonomini, Mario, Piscitani, Luca, Stallone, Giovanni, Infante, Barbara, Godeas, Giulia, Madio, Desiree, Biancone, Luigi, Campagna, Marco, Zaza, Gianluigi, Squarzoni, Isabella, Cangemi, Concetta, Schena, Francesco Paolo, Anelli, Vito Walter, Trotta, Joseph, Di Noia, Tommaso, Manno, Carlo, Tripepi, Giovanni, D’Arrigo, Graziella, Chesnaye, Nicholas C., Russo, Maria Luisa, Zoccali, Carmine, Tesar, Vladimir, and Coppo, Rosanna

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2021
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4. Improving treatment decisions using personalized risk assessment from the International IgA Nephropathy Prediction Tool

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Russo, M.L., Troyanov, S., Cook, H.T., Roberts, I., Tesar, V., Maixnerova, D., Lundberg, S., Gesualdo, L., Emma, F., Fuiano, L., Beltrame, G., Rollino, C., Amore, A., Camilla, R., Peruzzi, L., Praga, M., Feriozzi, S., Polci, R., Segoloni, G., Colla, L., Pani, A., Piras, D., Angioi, A., Cancarini, G., Ravera, S., Durlik, M., Moggia, E., Ballarin, J., Di Giulio, S., Pugliese, F., Serriello, I., Caliskan, Y., Sever, M., Kilicaslan, I., Locatelli, F., Del Vecchio, L., Wetzels, J.F.M., Peters, H., Berg, U., Carvalho, F., da Costa Ferreira, A.C., Maggio, M., Wiecek, A., Ots-Rosenberg, M., Magistroni, R., Topaloglu, R., Bilginer, Y., D’Amico, M., Stangou, M., Giacchino, F., Goumenos, D., Kalliakmani, P., Gerolymos, M., Galesic, K., Geddes, C., Siamopoulos, K., Balafa, O., Galliani, M., Stratta, P., Quaglia, M., Bergia, R., Cravero, R., Salvadori, M., Cirami, L., Fellstrom, B., Kloster Smerud, H., Ferrario, F., Stellato, T., Egido, J., Martin, C., Floege, J., Eitner, F., Lupo, A., Bernich, P., Menè, P., Morosetti, M., van Kooten, C., Rabelink, T., Reinders, M.E.J., Boria Grinyo, J.M., Cusinato, S., Benozzi, L., Savoldi, S., Licata, C., Mizerska-Wasiak, M., Martina, G., Messuerotti, A., Dal Canton, A., Esposito, C., Migotto, C., Triolo, G., Mariano, F., Pozzi, C., Boero, R., Bellur, S., Mazzucco, G., Giannakakis, C., Honsova, E., Sundelin, B., Di Palma, A.M., Gutiérrez, E., Asunis, A.M., Barratt, J., Tardanico, R., Perkowska-Ptasinska, A., Arce Terroba, J., Fortunato, M., Pantzaki, A., Ozluk, Y., Steenbergen, E., Soderberg, M., Riispere, Z., Furci, L., Orhan, D., Kipgen, D., Casartelli, D., Galesic Ljubanovic, D., Gakiopoulou, H., Bertoni, E., Cannata Ortiz, P., Karkoszka, H., Groene, H.J., Stoppacciaro, A., Bajema, I., Bruijn, J., Fulladosa Oliveras, X., Maldyk, J., Ioachim, E., Bavbek, N., Cook, T., Alpers, C., Berthoux, F., Bonsib, S., D’Agati, V., D’Amico, G., Emancipator, S., Emmal, F., Fervenza, F., Florquin, S., Fogo, A., Groene, H., Haas, M., Hill, P., Hogg, R., Hsu, S., Hunley, T., Hladunewich, M., Jennette, C., Joh, K., Julian, B., Kawamura, T., Lai, F., Leung, C., Li, L., Li, P., Liu, Z., Massat, A., Mackinnon, B., Mezzano, S., Schena, F., Tomino, Y., Walker, P., Wang, H., Weening, J., Yoshikawa N, N., Zeng, C.-H., Shi, S., Nogi, C., Suzuki, H., Koike, K., Hirano, K., Yokoo, T., Hanai, M., Fukami, K., Takahashi, K., Yuzawa, Y., Niwa, M., Yasuda, Y., Maruyama, S., Ichikawa, D., Suzuki, T., Shirai, S., Fukuda, A., Fujimoto, S., Trimarchi, H., Barbour, Sean J., Canney, Mark, Coppo, Rosanna, Zhang, Hong, Liu, Zhi-Hong, Suzuki, Yusuke, Matsuzaki, Keiichi, Katafuchi, Ritsuko, Induruwage, Dilshani, Er, Lee, Reich, Heather N., Feehally, John, Barratt, Jonathan, and Cattran, Daniel C.

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2020
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5. The relationship between uremic toxins and symptoms in older men and women with advanced chronic kidney disease

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Massy Z. A., Chesnaye N. C., Larabi I. A., Dekker F. W., Evans M., Caskey F. J., Torino C., Porto G., Szymczak M., Drechsler C., Wanner C., Jager K. J., Alvarez J. C., Schneider A., Torp A., Iwig B., Perras B., Marx C., Blaser C., Emde C., Krieter D., Fuchs D., Irmler E., Platen E., Schmidt-Gurtler H., Schlee H., Naujoks H., Schlee I., Casar S., Beige J., Rothele J., Mazur J., Hahn K., Blouin K., Neumeier K., Anding-Rost K., Schramm L., Hopf M., Wuttke N., Frischmuth N., Ichtiaris P., Kirste P., Schulz P., Aign S., Biribauer S., Manan S., Roser S., Heidenreich S., Palm S., Schwedler S., Delrieux S., Renker S., Schattel S., Stephan T., Schmiedeke T., Weinreich T., Leimbach T., Stovesand T., Bahner U., Seeger W., Cupisti A., Sagliocca A., Ferraro A., Mele A., Naticchia A., Cosaro A., Ranghino A., Stucchi A., Pignataro A., De Blasio A., Pani A., Tsalouichos A., Bellasi A., Raffaele Di Iorio B., Butti A., Abaterusso C., Somma C., D'Alessandro C., Zullo C., Pozzi C., Bergamo D., Ciurlino D., Motta D., Russo D., Favaro E., Vigotti F., Ansali F., Conte F., Cianciotta F., Giacchino F., Cappellaio F., Pizzarelli F., Greco G., Bigatti G., Marinangeli G., Cabiddu G., Fumagalli G., Caloro G., Piccoli G., Capasso G., Gambaro G., Tognarelli G., Bonforte G., Conte G., Toscano G., Del Rosso G., Capizzi I., Baragetti I., Oldrizzi L., Gesualdo L., Biancone L., Magnano M., Ricardi M., Di Bari M., Laudato M., Luisa Sirico M., Ferraresi M., Provenzano M., Malaguti M., Palmieri N., Murrone P., Cirillo P., Dattolo P., Acampora P., Nigro R., Boero R., Scarpioni R., Sicoli R., Malandra R., Savoldi S., Bertoli S., Borrelli S., Maxia S., Maffei S., Mangano S., Cicchetti T., Rappa T., Palazzo V., De Simone W., Schrander A., Van Dam B., Siegert C., Gaillard C., Beerenhout C., Verburgh C., Janmaat C., Hoogeveen E., Hoorn E., Boots J., Boom H., Eijgenraam J. -W., Kooman J., Rotmans J., Vogt L., Raasveld M., Vervloet M., Van Buren M., Van Diepen M., Leurs P., Voskamp P., Blankestijn P., Van Esch S., Boorsma S., Berger S., Konings C., Aydin Z., Musiala A., Szymczak A., Olczyk E., Augustyniak-Bartosik H., Miskowiec-Wisniewska I., Manitius J., Pondel J., Jedrzejak K., Nowanska K., Nowak L., Durlik M., Dorota S., Nieszporek T., Heleniak Z., Jonsson A., Blom A. -L., Rogland B., Wallquist C., Vargas D., Dimeny E., Sundelin F., Uhlin F., Welander G., Bascaran Hernandez I., Grontoft K. -C., Stendahl M., Svensson M., Heimburger O., Kashioulis P., Melander S., Almquist T., Jensen U., Woodman A., McKeever A., Ullah A., McLaren B., Harron C., Barrett C., O'Toole C., Summersgill C., Geddes C., Glowski D., McGlynn D., Sands D., Roy G., Hirst G., King H., McNally H., Masri-Senghor H., Murtagh H., Rayner H., Turner J., Wilcox J., Berdeprado J., Wong J., Banda J., Jones K., Haydock L., Wilkinson L., Carmody M., Weetman M., Joinson M., Dutton M., Matthews M., Morgan N., Bleakley N., Cockwell P., Roderick P., Mason P., Kalra P., Sajith R., Chapman S., Navjee S., Crosbie S., Brown S., Tickle S., Mathavakkannan S., Kuan Y., Massy, Z. A., Chesnaye, N. C., Larabi, I. A., Dekker, F. W., Evans, M., Caskey, F. J., Torino, C., Porto, G., Szymczak, M., Drechsler, C., Wanner, C., Jager, K. J., Alvarez, J. C., Schneider, A., Torp, A., Iwig, B., Perras, B., Marx, C., Blaser, C., Emde, C., Krieter, D., Fuchs, D., Irmler, E., Platen, E., Schmidt-Gurtler, H., Schlee, H., Naujoks, H., Schlee, I., Casar, S., Beige, J., Rothele, J., Mazur, J., Hahn, K., Blouin, K., Neumeier, K., Anding-Rost, K., Schramm, L., Hopf, M., Wuttke, N., Frischmuth, N., Ichtiaris, P., Kirste, P., Schulz, P., Aign, S., Biribauer, S., Manan, S., Roser, S., Heidenreich, S., Palm, S., Schwedler, S., Delrieux, S., Renker, S., Schattel, S., Stephan, T., Schmiedeke, T., Weinreich, T., Leimbach, T., Stovesand, T., Bahner, U., Seeger, W., Cupisti, A., Sagliocca, A., Ferraro, A., Mele, A., Naticchia, A., Cosaro, A., Ranghino, A., Stucchi, A., Pignataro, A., De Blasio, A., Pani, A., Tsalouichos, A., Bellasi, A., Raffaele Di Iorio, B., Butti, A., Abaterusso, C., Somma, C., D'Alessandro, C., Zullo, C., Pozzi, C., Bergamo, D., Ciurlino, D., Motta, D., Russo, D., Favaro, E., Vigotti, F., Ansali, F., Conte, F., Cianciotta, F., Giacchino, F., Cappellaio, F., Pizzarelli, F., Greco, G., Bigatti, G., Marinangeli, G., Cabiddu, G., Fumagalli, G., Caloro, G., Piccoli, G., Capasso, G., Gambaro, G., Tognarelli, G., Bonforte, G., Conte, G., Toscano, G., Del Rosso, G., Capizzi, I., Baragetti, I., Oldrizzi, L., Gesualdo, L., Biancone, L., Magnano, M., Ricardi, M., Di Bari, M., Laudato, M., Luisa Sirico, M., Ferraresi, M., Provenzano, M., Malaguti, M., Palmieri, N., Murrone, P., Cirillo, P., Dattolo, P., Acampora, P., Nigro, R., Boero, R., Scarpioni, R., Sicoli, R., Malandra, R., Savoldi, S., Bertoli, S., Borrelli, S., Maxia, S., Maffei, S., Mangano, S., Cicchetti, T., Rappa, T., Palazzo, V., De Simone, W., Schrander, A., Van Dam, B., Siegert, C., Gaillard, C., Beerenhout, C., Verburgh, C., Janmaat, C., Hoogeveen, E., Hoorn, E., Boots, J., Boom, H., Eijgenraam, J. -W., Kooman, J., Rotmans, J., Vogt, L., Raasveld, M., Vervloet, M., Van Buren, M., Van Diepen, M., Leurs, P., Voskamp, P., Blankestijn, P., Van Esch, S., Boorsma, S., Berger, S., Konings, C., Aydin, Z., Musiala, A., Szymczak, A., Olczyk, E., Augustyniak-Bartosik, H., Miskowiec-Wisniewska, I., Manitius, J., Pondel, J., Jedrzejak, K., Nowanska, K., Nowak, L., Durlik, M., Dorota, S., Nieszporek, T., Heleniak, Z., Jonsson, A., Blom, A. -L., Rogland, B., Wallquist, C., Vargas, D., Dimeny, E., Sundelin, F., Uhlin, F., Welander, G., Bascaran Hernandez, I., Grontoft, K. -C., Stendahl, M., Svensson, M., Heimburger, O., Kashioulis, P., Melander, S., Almquist, T., Jensen, U., Woodman, A., Mckeever, A., Ullah, A., Mclaren, B., Harron, C., Barrett, C., O'Toole, C., Summersgill, C., Geddes, C., Glowski, D., Mcglynn, D., Sands, D., Roy, G., Hirst, G., King, H., Mcnally, H., Masri-Senghor, H., Murtagh, H., Rayner, H., Turner, J., Wilcox, J., Berdeprado, J., Wong, J., Banda, J., Jones, K., Haydock, L., Wilkinson, L., Carmody, M., Weetman, M., Joinson, M., Dutton, M., Matthews, M., Morgan, N., Bleakley, N., Cockwell, P., Roderick, P., Mason, P., Kalra, P., Sajith, R., Chapman, S., Navjee, S., Crosbie, S., Brown, S., Tickle, S., Mathavakkannan, S., Kuan, Y., Nephrology, ACS - Diabetes & metabolism, Medical Informatics, APH - Methodology, APH - Aging & Later Life, APH - Quality of Care, APH - Global Health, APH - Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases, and ACS - Pulmonary hypertension & thrombosis

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Transplantation, Nephrology, uremic toxins, CKD, symptoms, symptom, elderly
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Background Patients with stage 4/5 chronic kidney disease (CKD) suffer from various symptoms. The retention of uremic solutes is thought to be associated with those symptoms. However, there are relatively few rigorous studies on the potential links between uremic toxins and symptoms in patients with CKD. Methods The EQUAL study is an ongoing observational cohort study of non-dialyzed patients with stage 4/5 CKD. EQUAL patients from Germany, Poland, Sweden and the UK were included in the present study (n = 795). Data and symptom self-report questionnaires were collected between April 2012 and September 2020. Baseline uric acid and parathyroid hormone and 10 uremic toxins were quantified. We tested the association between uremic toxins and symptoms and adjusted P-values for multiple testing. Results Symptoms were more frequent in women than in men with stage 4/5 CKD, while levels of various uremic toxins were higher in men. Only trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO; positive association with fatigue), p-cresyl sulfate (PCS) with constipation and 3-carboxy-4-methyl-5-propyl-2-furanpropionic acid (negative association with shortness of breath) demonstrated moderately strong associations with symptoms in adjusted analyses. The association of phenylacetylglutamine with shortness of breath was consistent in both sexes, although it only reached statistical significance in the full population. In contrast, TMAO (fatigue) and PCS and phenylacetylglutamine (constipation) were only associated with symptoms in men, who presented higher serum levels than women. Conclusion Only a limited number of toxins were associated with symptoms in persons with stage 4/5 CKD. Other uremic toxins, uremia-related factors or psychosocial factors not yet explored might contribute to symptom burden.

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2022

6. Application of the International IgA Nephropathy Prediction Tool one or two years post-biopsy

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Barbour, Sean J., primary, Coppo, Rosanna, additional, Zhang, Hong, additional, Liu, Zhi-Hong, additional, Suzuki, Yusuke, additional, Matsuzaki, Keiichi, additional, Er, Lee, additional, Reich, Heather N., additional, Barratt, Jonathan, additional, Cattran, Daniel C., additional, Russo, M.L., additional, Troyanov, S., additional, Cook, H.T., additional, Roberts, I., additional, Tesar, V., additional, Maixnerova, D., additional, Lundberg, S., additional, Gesualdo, L., additional, Emma, F., additional, Fuiano, L., additional, Beltrame, G., additional, Rollino, C., additional, Amore, A., additional, Camilla, R., additional, Peruzzi, L., additional, Praga, M., additional, Feriozzi, S., additional, Polci, R., additional, Segoloni, G., additional, Colla, L., additional, Pani, A., additional, Piras, D., additional, Angioi, A., additional, Cancarini, G., additional, Ravera, S., additional, Durlik, M., additional, Moggia, E., additional, Ballarin, J., additional, Di Giulio, S., additional, Pugliese, F., additional, Serriello, I., additional, Caliskan, Y., additional, Sever, M., additional, Kilicaslan, I., additional, Locatelli, F., additional, Del Vecchio, L., additional, Wetzels, J.F.M., additional, Peters, H., additional, Berg, U., additional, Carvalho, F., additional, da Costa Ferreira, A.C., additional, Maggio, M., additional, Wiecek, A., additional, Ots-Rosenberg, M., additional, Magistroni, R., additional, Topaloglu, R., additional, Bilginer, Y., additional, D’Amico, M., additional, Stangou, M., additional, Giacchino, F., additional, Goumenos, D., additional, Papachristou, E., additional, Galesic, K., additional, Geddes, C., additional, Siamopoulos, K., additional, Balafa, O., additional, Galliani, M., additional, Stratta, P., additional, Quaglia, M., additional, Bergia, R., additional, Cravero, R., additional, Salvadori, M., additional, Cirami, L., additional, Fellstrom, B., additional, Smerud, H. Kloster, additional, Ferrario, F., additional, Stellato, T., additional, Egido, J., additional, Martin, C., additional, Floege, J., additional, Eitner, F., additional, Lupo, A., additional, Bernich, P., additional, Menè, P., additional, Morosetti, M., additional, van Kooten, C., additional, Rabelink, T., additional, Reinders, M.E.J., additional, Boria Grinyo, J.M., additional, Cusinato, S., additional, Benozzi, L., additional, Savoldi, S., additional, Licata, C., additional, Mizerska-Wasiak, M., additional, Martina, G., additional, Messuerotti, A., additional, Dal Canton, A., additional, Esposito, C., additional, Migotto, C., additional, Triolo, G., additional, Mariano, F., additional, Pozzi, C., additional, Boero, R., additional, Bellur, S., additional, Mazzucco, G., additional, Giannakakis, C., additional, Honsova, E., additional, Sundelin, B., additional, Di Palma, A.M., additional, Gutiérrez, E., additional, Asunis, A.M., additional, Barratt, J., additional, Tardanico, R., additional, Perkowska-Ptasinska, A., additional, Terroba, J. Arce, additional, Fortunato, M., additional, Pantzaki, A., additional, Ozluk, Y., additional, Steenbergen, E., additional, Soderberg, M., additional, Riispere, Z., additional, Furci, L., additional, Orhan, D., additional, Kipgen, D., additional, Casartelli, D., additional, Ljubanovic, D. Galesic, additional, Gakiopoulou, H., additional, Bertoni, E., additional, Cannata Ortiz, P., additional, Karkoszka, H., additional, Groene, H.J., additional, Stoppacciaro, A., additional, Bajema, I., additional, Bruijn, J., additional, Fulladosa Oliveras, X., additional, Maldyk, J., additional, Ioachim, E., additional, Bavbek, N., additional, Cook, T., additional, Alpers, C., additional, Berthoux, F., additional, Bonsib, S., additional, D’Agati, V., additional, D’Amico, G., additional, Emancipator, S., additional, Emmal, F., additional, Fervenza, F., additional, Florquin, S., additional, Fogo, A., additional, Groene, H., additional, Haas, M., additional, Hill, P., additional, Hogg, R., additional, Hsu, S., additional, Hunley, T., additional, Hladunewich, M., additional, Jennette, C., additional, Joh, K., additional, Julian, B., additional, Kawamura, T., additional, Lai, F., additional, Leung, C., additional, Li, L., additional, Li, P., additional, Liu, Z., additional, Massat, A., additional, Mackinnon, B., additional, Mezzano, S., additional, Schena, F., additional, Tomino, Y., additional, Walker, P., additional, Wang, H., additional, Weening, J., additional, Yoshikawa, N., additional, Zeng, C.-H., additional, Shi, S., additional, Nogi, C., additional, Suzuki, H., additional, Koike, K., additional, Hirano, K., additional, Yokoo, T., additional, Hanai, M., additional, Fukami, K., additional, Takahashi, K., additional, Yuzawa, Y., additional, Niwa, M., additional, Yasuda, Y., additional, Maruyama, S., additional, Ichikawa, D., additional, Suzuki, T., additional, Shirai, S., additional, Fukuda, A., additional, Fujimoto, S., additional, and Trimarchi, H., additional

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2022
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7. Is there long-term value of pathology scoring in immunoglobulin A nephropathy? A validation study of the Oxford Classification for IgA Nephropathy (VALIGA) update

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Coppo, R., D'Arrigo, G., Tripepi, G., Russo, M. L., Roberts, I. S. D., Bellur, S., Cattran, D., Cook, T. H., Feehally, J., Tesar, V., Maixnerova, D., Peruzzi, L., Amore, A., Lundberg, S., Di Palma, A. M., Gesualdo, L., Emma, F., Rollino, C., Praga, M., Biancone, L., Pani, A., Feriozzi, S., Polci, R., Barratt, J., Del Vecchio, L., Locatelli, F., Pierucci, A., Caliskan, Y., Perkowska-Ptasinska, A., Durlik, M., Moggia, E., Ballarin, J. C., Wetzels, J. F. M., Goumenos, D., Papasotiriou, M., Galesic, K., Toric, L., Papagianni, A., Stangou, M., Benozzi, L., Cusinato, S., Berg, U., Topaloglu, R., Maggio, M., Ots-Rosenberg, M., D'Amico, M., Geddes, C., Balafa, O., Quaglia, M., Cravero, R., Cirami, C. L., Fellstrom, B., Floege, J., Egido, J., Mallamaci, F., Zoccali, C., Fuiano, L., Beltrame, G., Camilla, R., Segoloni, G., Colla, L., Angioi, A., Piras, L., Cancarini, G., Ravera, S., Ballarin, J., Di Giulio, S., Pugliese, F., Serriello, I., Sever, M., Kilicaslan, I., Peters, H., Carvalho, F., Da Costa Ferreira, A. C., Wiecek, A., Magistroni, R., Bilginer, Y., Giacchino, F., Papastirou, M., Siamopoulos, K., Galliani, M., Stratta, P., Bergia, R., Salvadori, M., Cirami, L., Kloster Smerud, H., Ferrario, F., Stellato, T., Martin, C., Eitner, F., Rauen, T., Lupo, A., Bernich, P., Mene, P., Morosetti, M., Van Kooten, C., Rabelink, T., Reinders, M. E. J., Boria Grinyo, J. M., Savoldi, S., Licata, C., Mizerska-Wasiak, M., Roszkowska-Blaim, M., Martina, G., Messuerotti, A., Dal Canton, A., Esposito, C., Migotto, C., Triolo, G., Mariano, F., Pozzi, C., Boero, R., Mazzucco, G., Giannakakis, C., Honsova, E., Sundelin, B., Gutierrez, E., Asunis, A. M., Tardanico, R., Arce Terroba, J., Fortunato, M., Pantzaki, A., Ozluk, Y., Steenbergen, E., Soderberg, M., Riispere, Z., Furci, L., Orhan, D., Kipgen, D., Casartelli, D., Galesic Ljubanovic, D., Akiopoulou, H., Bertoni, E., Cannata Ortiz, P., Karkoszka, H., Groene, H. J., Stoppacciaro, A., Bajema, I., Bruijn, J., Fulladosa Oliveras, X., Maldyk, J., Ioachim, E., and Internal Medicine

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Adult, Male, Pathology, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, 030232 urology & nephrology, Renal function, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Kidney, Nephropathy, Cohort Studies, 03 medical and health sciences, Glomerulonephritis, 0302 clinical medicine, renal biopsy, Interquartile range, IgA nephropathy, progression, risk factors, Child, Disease Progression, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Glomerular Filtration Rate, Glomerulonephritis, IGA, Humans, Prognosis, Medicine, Endocapillary hypercellularity, IGA, Transplantation, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, medicine.disease, medicine.anatomical_structure, Renal pathology, Nephrology, Cohort, Renal biopsy, Renal disorders Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 11], business
Abstract

Background It is unknown whether renal pathology lesions in immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) correlate with renal outcomes over decades of follow-up. Methods In 1130 patients of the original Validation Study of the Oxford Classification for IgA Nephropathy (VALIGA) cohort, we studied the relationship between the MEST score (mesangial hypercellularity, M; endocapillary hypercellularity, E; segmental glomerulosclerosis, S; tubular atrophy/interstitial fibrosis, T), crescents (C) and other histological lesions with both a combined renal endpoint [50% estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) loss or kidney failure] and the rate of eGFR decline over a follow-up period extending to 35 years [median 7 years (interquartile range 4.1–10.8)]. Results In this extended analysis, M1, S1 and T1–T2 lesions as well as the whole MEST score were independently related with the combined endpoint (P Conclusion Long-term follow-up analyses of the VALIGA cohort showed that the independent relationship between kidney biopsy findings and the risk of progression towards kidney failure in IgAN remains unchanged across all age groups and decades after the renal biopsy.

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2020

8. Risk factors and action thresholds for the novel coronavirus pandemic. Insights from the Italian Society of Nephrology COVID-19 Survey

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Nordio, M., Reboldi, G., Di Napoli, A., Quintaliani, G., Alberici, F., Postorino, M., Aucella, F., Messa, P., Brunori, G., Bosco, M., Malberti, F., Mandreoli, M., Mazzaferro, S., Movilli, E., Ravera, M., Salomone, M., Santoro, D., Postorinolimido, M. A., Bonomini, M., Stingone, A., Maccarone, M., Di Loreto, E., Stacchiotti, L., Malandra, R., Chiarella, S., D'Agostino, F., Fuiano, G., Nicodemo, L., Bonofiglio, R., Greco, S., Mallamaci, F., Barreca, E., Caserta, C., Bruzzese, V., Galati, D., Tramontana, D., Viscione, M., Chiuchiolo, L., Tuccillo, S., Sepe, M., Vitale, F., Ciriana, E., Martignetti, V., Caserta, D., Stizzo, A., Romano, A., Iulianiello, G., Cascone, E., Minicone, P., Chiricone, D., Delgado, G., Barbato, A., Celentano, S., Molfino, I., Coppola, S., Raiola, I., Abategiovanni, M., Borrelli, S., Margherita, C., Bruno, F., Ida, M., Aliperti, E., Potito, D., Cuomo, G., De Luca, M., Merola, M., Botta, C., Garofalo, G., Alinei, P., Paglionico, C., Roano, M., Vitale, S., Ierardi, R., Fimiani, V., Conte, G., Di Natale, G., Romano, M., Di Marino, V., Scafarto, A., Meccariello, S., Pecoraro, C., Di Stazio, E., Di Meglio, E., Cuomo, A., Maresca, B., Rotaia, E., Capasso, G., Auricchio, M., Pluvio, C., Maddalena, L., De Maio, A., Palladino, G., Buono, F., Gigliotti, G., Mancini, E., La Manna, G., Storari, A., Mosconi, G., Cappelli, G., Scarpioni, R., Gregorini, M., Rigotti, A., Mancini, W., Bianco, F., Boscutti, G., Amici, G., Tosto, M., Fini, R., Pace, G., Cioffi, A., Boccia, E., Di Lullo, L., Di Zazzo, G., Simonelli, R., Bondatti, F., Miglio, L., Rifici, N., Treglia, A., Muci, M., Baldinelli, G., Rizzi, E., Lonzi, M., De Cicco, C., Forte, F., De Paolis, P., Grandaliano, Giuseppe, Cuzziol, C., Torre, V. M., Sfregola, P., Rossi, V., Fabio, G., Flammini, A., Filippini, A., Onorato, L., Vendola, F., Di Daniela, N., Alfarone, C., Scabbia, L., Ferrazzano, M., Grotta, B. D., Gamberini, M., Fazzari, L., Mene, P., Morgia, A., Catucci, A., Palumbo, R., Puliti, M., Marinelli, R., Polito, P., Marrocco, F., Morabito, S., Rocca, R., Nazzaro, L., Lavini, R., Iamundo, V., Chiappini, M., Casarci, M., Morosetti, M., Hassan, S., Firmi, G., Galliani, M., Serraiocco, M., Feriozzi, S., Valentini, W., Sacco, P., Garibotto, G., Cappelli, V., Saffioti, C., Repetto, M., Rolla, D., Lorenz, M., Pedrini, L., Polonioli, D., Galli, E., Ruggenenti, P., Scolari, F., Bove, S., Costantino, E., Bracchi, M., Mangano, S., Depetri, G., La Milia, V., Farina, M., Zecchini, S., Savino, R., Melandri, M., Guastoni, C., Paparella, M., Gallieni, M., Minetti, E., Bisegna, S., Righetti, M., Badalamenti, S., Alberghini, E., Bertoli, S., Fabbrini, P., Albrizio, P., Rampino, T., Colturi, C., Rombola, G., Lucatello, A., Guerrini, E., Ranghino, A., Lenci, F., Fanciulli, E., Santarelli, S., Damiani, C., Garofalo, D., Sopranzi, F., Santoferrara, A., Di Luca, M., Galiotta, P., Brigante, M., Manganaro, M., Maffei, S., Berto, I., Besso, L., Viglino, G., Cusinato, S., Chiarinottichiappero, D. F., Tognarelli, G., Gianoglio, B., Forneris, G., Biancone, L., Savoldi, S., Vitale, C., Boero, R., Filiberti, O., Borzumati, M., Gesualdo, L., Lomonte, C., Gernone, G., Pallotta, G., Di Paolo, S., Vernaglione, L., Specchio, A., Stallone, G., Dell'Aquila, R., Sandri, G., Russo, F., Napoli, M., Marangi, A., Morrone, L., Di Stratis, C., Fresu, A., Cicu, F., Murtas, S., Manca, O., Pani, A., Pilloni, M., Pistis, R., Cadoni, M., Contu, B., Logias, F., Ivaldi, R., Fancello, S., Cossu, M., Lepori, G., Vittoria, S., Battiati, E., Arnone, M., Rome, M., Barbera, A., Granata, A., Collura, G., Dico, C. L., Pugliese, G., Di Natale, E., Rizzari, G., Cottone, L., Longo, N., Battaglia, G., Marcantoni, C., Giannetto, G., Tumino, G., Randazzo, F., Bellissimo, L., Faro, F. L., Grippaldi, F., Urso, S., Quattrone, G., Todaro, I., Vincenzo, D., Murgo, A., Masuzzo, M., Pisacane, A., Monardo, P., Pontorierro, M., Quari, C., Bauro, A., Chimenz, R. R., Alfio, D., Girasole, F., Cascio, A. L., Caviglia, A., Tornese, F., Sirna, F., Altieri, C., Cusumano, R., Saveriano, V., La Corte, A., Locascio, G., Rotolo, U., Musso, S., Risuglia, L., Blanco, G., Minardo, G., Castellino, S., Zappulla, Z., Randone, S., Di Francesca, M., Cassetti, C. C., Oddo, G., Buscaino, G., Mucaria, F., Barraco, V. I., Di Martino, A., Rallo, D., Dani, L., Campolo, G., Manescalchi, F., Biagini, M., Agate, M., Panichi, V., Casani, A., Traversari, L., Garosi, G., Tabbi, M., Selvi, A., Cencioni, L., Fagugli, R., Timio, F., Leveque, A., Manes, M., Mennella, G., Calo, L., Fiorini, F., Abaterusso, C., Calzavara, P., Meneghel, G., Bonesso, C., Gambaro, G., Gammaro, L., Rugiu, C., Ronco, C., Nordio M., Reboldi G., Di Napoli A., Quintaliani G., Alberici F., Postorino M., Aucella F., Messa P., Brunori G., Bosco M., Malberti F., Mandreoli M., Mazzaferro S., Movilli E., Ravera M., Salomone M., Santoro D., PostorinoLimido M.A., Bonomini M., Stingone A., Maccarone M., Di Loreto E., Stacchiotti L., Malandra R., Chiarella S., D'Agostino F., Fuiano G., Nicodemo L., Bonofiglio R., Greco S., Mallamaci F., Barreca E., Caserta C., Bruzzese V., Galati D., Tramontana D., Viscione M., Chiuchiolo L., Tuccillo S., Sepe M., Vitale F., Ciriana E., Martignetti V., Caserta D., Stizzo A., Romano A., Iulianiello G., Cascone E., Minicone P., Chiricone D., Delgado G., Barbato A., Celentano S., Molfino I., Coppola S., Raiola I., Abategiovanni M., Borrelli S., Margherita C., Bruno F., Ida M., Aliperti E., Potito D., Cuomo G., De Luca M., Merola M., Botta C., Garofalo G., Alinei P., Paglionico C., Roano M., Vitale S., Ierardi R., Fimiani V., Conte G., Di Natale G., Romano M., Di Marino V., Scafarto A., Meccariello S., Pecoraro C., Di Stazio E., Di Meglio E., Cuomo A., Maresca B., Rotaia E., Capasso G., Auricchio M., Pluvio C., Maddalena L., De Maio A., Palladino G., Buono F., Gigliotti G., Mancini E., La Manna G., Storari A., Mosconi G., Cappelli G., Scarpioni R., Gregorini M., Rigotti A., Mancini W., Bianco F., Boscutti G., Amici G., Tosto M., Fini R., Pace G., Cioffi A., Boccia E., Di Lullo L., Di Zazzo G., Simonelli R., Bondatti F., Miglio L., Rifici N., Treglia A., Muci M., Baldinelli G., Rizzi E., Lonzi M., De Cicco C., Forte F., De Paolis P., Grandaliano G., Cuzziol C., Torre V.M., Sfregola P., Rossi V., Fabio G., Flammini A., Filippini A., Onorato L., Vendola F., Di Daniela N., Alfarone C., Scabbia L., Ferrazzano M., Grotta B.D., Gamberini M., Fazzari L., Mene P., Morgia A., Catucci A., Palumbo R., Puliti M., Marinelli R., Polito P., Marrocco F., Morabito S., Rocca R., Nazzaro L., Lavini R., Iamundo V., Chiappini M., Casarci M., Morosetti M., Hassan S., Firmi G., Galliani M., Serraiocco M., Feriozzi S., Valentini W., Sacco P., Garibotto G., Cappelli V., Saffioti C., Repetto M., Rolla D., Lorenz M., Pedrini L., Polonioli D., Galli E., Ruggenenti P., Scolari F., Bove S., Costantino E., Bracchi M., Mangano S., Depetri G., La Milia V., Farina M., Zecchini S., Savino R., Melandri M., Guastoni C., Paparella M., Gallieni M., Minetti E., Bisegna S., Righetti M., Badalamenti S., Alberghini E., Bertoli S., Fabbrini P., Albrizio P., Rampino T., Colturi C., Rombola G., Lucatello A., Guerrini E., Ranghino A., Lenci F., Fanciulli E., Santarelli S., Damiani C., Garofalo D., Sopranzi F., Santoferrara A., Di Luca M., Galiotta P., Brigante M., Manganaro M., Maffei S., Berto I., Besso L., Viglino G., Cusinato S., ChiarinottiChiappero D.F., Tognarelli G., Gianoglio B., Forneris G., Biancone L., Savoldi S., Vitale C., Boero R., Filiberti O., Borzumati M., Gesualdo L., Lomonte C., Gernone G., Pallotta G., Di Paolo S., Vernaglione L., Specchio A., Stallone G., Dell'Aquila R., Sandri G., Russo F., Napoli M., Marangi A., Morrone L., Di Stratis C., Fresu A., Cicu F., Murtas S., Manca O., Pani A., Pilloni M., Pistis R., Cadoni M., Contu B., Logias F., Ivaldi R., Fancello S., Cossu M., Lepori G., Vittoria S., Battiati E., Arnone M., Rome M., Barbera A., Granata A., Collura G., Dico C.L., Pugliese G., Di Natale E., Rizzari G., Cottone L., Longo N., Battaglia G., Marcantoni C., Giannetto G., Tumino G., Randazzo F., Bellissimo L., Faro F.L., Grippaldi F., Urso S., Quattrone G., Todaro I., Vincenzo D., Murgo A., Masuzzo M., Pisacane A., Monardo P., Pontorierro M., Quari C., Bauro A., Chimenz R.R., Alfio D., Girasole F., Cascio A.L., Caviglia A., Tornese F., Sirna F., Altieri C., Cusumano R., Saveriano V., La Corte A., Locascio G., Rotolo U., Musso S., Risuglia L., Blanco G., Minardo G., Castellino S., Zappulla Z., Randone S., Di Francesca M., Cassetti C.C., Oddo G., Buscaino G., Mucaria F., Barraco V.I., Di Martino A., Rallo D., Dani L., Campolo G., Manescalchi F., Biagini M., Agate M., Panichi V., Casani A., Traversari L., Garosi G., Tabbi M., Selvi A., Cencioni L., Fagugli R., Timio F., Leveque A., Manes M., Mennella G., Calo L., Fiorini F., Abaterusso C., Calzavara P., Meneghel G., Bonesso C., Gambaro G., Gammaro L., Rugiu C., and Ronco C.

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Male, Contextual analysis, medicine.medical_treatment, Population, 030232 urology & nephrology, Recursive partitioning, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Rate ratio, Risk Assessment, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Classification tree, COVID-19, Renal replacement therapy, Risk Factors, Medical, Surveys and Questionnaires, Health care, medicine, Settore MED/14 - NEFROLOGIA, Humans, education, Pandemics, Societies, Medical, Female, Italy, Nephrology, education.field_of_study, business.industry, Multilevel model, Decision rule, Confidence interval, Original Article, Hemodialysis, business, Contextual analysi, Societies, Demography
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Background and aim: Over 80% (365/454) of the nation’s centers participated in the Italian Society of Nephrology COVID-19 Survey. Out of 60,441 surveyed patients, 1368 were infected as of April 23rd, 2020. However, center-specific proportions showed substantial heterogeneity. We therefore undertook new analyses to identify explanatory factors, contextual effects, and decision rules for infection containment. Methods: We investigated fixed factors and contextual effects by multilevel modeling. Classification and Regression Tree (CART) analysis was used to develop decision rules. Results: Increased positivity among hemodialysis patients was predicted by center location [incidence rate ratio (IRR) 1.34, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.20–1.51], positive healthcare workers (IRR 1.09, 95% CI 1.02–1.17), test-all policy (IRR 5.94, 95% CI 3.36–10.45), and infected proportion in the general population (IRR 1.002, 95% CI 1.001–1.003) (all p < 0.01). Conversely, lockdown duration exerted a protective effect (IRR 0.95, 95% CI 0.94–0.98) (p < 0.01). The province-contextual effects accounted for 10% of the total variability. Predictive factors for peritoneal dialysis and transplant cases were center location and infected proportion in the general population. Using recursive partitioning, we identified decision thresholds at general population incidence ≥ 229 per 100,000 and at ≥ 3 positive healthcare workers. Conclusions: Beyond fixed risk factors, shared with the general population, the increased and heterogeneous proportion of positive patients is related to the center’s testing policy, the number of positive patients and healthcare workers, and to contextual effects at the province level. Nephrology centers may adopt simple decision rules to strengthen containment measures timely.

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2021

9. Quantifying duration of proteinuria remission and association with clinical outcome in IgA nephropathy

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Canney, M., Barbour, S. J., Zheng, Y., Coppo, R., Zhang, H., Liu, Z. -H., Matsuzaki, K., Suzuki, Y., Katafuchi, R., Reich, H. N., Cattran, D., Russo, M. L., Troyanov, S., Cook, H. T., Roberts, I., Tesar, V., Maixnerova, D., Lundberg, S., Gesualdo, L., Emma, F., Fuiano, L., Beltrame, G., Rollino, C., Amore, A., Camilla, R., Peruzzi, L., Praga, M., Feriozzi, S., Polci, R., Segoloni, G., Colla, L., Pani, A., Piras, D., Angioi, A., Cancarini, G., Ravera, S., Durlik, M., Moggia, E., Ballarin, J., Di Giulio, S., Pugliese, F., Serriello, I., Caliskan, Y., Sever, M., Kilicaslan, I., Locatelli, F., Del Vecchio, L., Wetzels, J. F. M., Peters, H., Berg, U., Carvalho, F., da Costa Ferreira, A. C., Maggio, M., Wiecek, A., Ots-Rosenberg, M., Magistroni, R., Topaloglu, R., Bilginer, Y., D'Amico, M., Stangou, M., Giacchino, F., Goumenos, D., Kalliakmani, P., Gerolymos, M., Galesic, K., Geddes, C., Siamopoulos, K., Balafa, O., Galliani, M., Stratta, P., Quaglia, M., Bergia, R., Cravero, R., Salvadori, M., Cirami, L., Fellstrom, B., Kloster Smerud, H., Ferrario, F., Stellato, T., Egido, J., Martin, C., Floege, J., Eitner, F., Lupo, A., Bernich, P., Mene, P., Morosetti, M., van Kooten, C., Rabelink, T., Reinders, M. E. J., Boria Grinyo, J. M., Cusinato, S., Benozzi, L., Savoldi, S., Licata, C., Mizerska-Wasiak, M., Martina, G., Messuerotti, A., Dal Canton, A., Esposito, C., Migotto, C., Triolo, G., Mariano, F., Pozzi, C., Boero, R., Bellur, S., Mazzucco, G., Giannakakis, C., Honsova, E., Sundelin, B., Di Palma, A. M., Gutierrez, E., Asunis, A. M., Barratt, J., Tardanico, R., Perkowska-Ptasinska, A., Arce Terroba, J., Fortunato, M., Pantzaki, A., Ozluk, Y., Steenbergen, E., Soderberg, M., Riispere, Z., Furci, L., Orhan, D., Kipgen, D., Casartelli, D., Galesic Ljubanovic, D., Gakiopoulou, H., Bertoni, E., Cannata Ortiz, P., Karkoszka, H., Groene, H. J., Stoppacciaro, A., Bajema, I., Bruijn, J., Fulladosa Oliveras, X., Maldyk, J., Ioachim, E., Bavbek, N., Cook, T., Alpers, C., Feehally, J., Berthoux, F., Bonsib, S., D'Agati, V., D'Amico, G., Emancipator, S., Emmal, F., Fervenza, F., Florquin, S., Fogo, A., Groene, H., Haas, M., Hill, P., Hogg, R., Hsu, S., Hunley, T., Hladunewich, Jennette, C., Joh, K., Julian, B., Kawamura, T., Lai, F., Leung, C., Li, L., Li, P., Liu, Z., Massat, A., Mackinnon, B., Mezzano, S., Schena, F., Tomino, Y., Walker, P., Wang, H., Weening, J., Yoshikawa, N., Zeng, C. -H., Shi, S., Nogi, C., Suzuki, H., Koike, K., Hirano, K., Yokoo, T., Hanai, M., Fukami, K., Takahashi, K., Yuzawa, Y., Niwa, M., Yasuda, Y., Maruyama, S., Ichikawa, D., Suzuki, T., Shirai, S., Fukuda, A., Fujimoto, S., Trimarchi, H., Anesthesiology, Pathology, Graduate School, ACS - Heart failure & arrhythmias, and ACS - Atherosclerosis & ischemic syndromes

Subjects
Male, Time Factors, glomerular disease, 030232 urology & nephrology, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Gastroenterology, 0302 clinical medicine, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Clinical endpoint, Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology, Proteinuria, medicine.diagnostic_test, Remission Induction, Hazard ratio, IgA nephropathy, General Medicine, Middle Aged, end stage kidney disease, epidemiology and outcomes, proteinuria, renal function decline, renal pathology, 3. Good health, Renal pathology, Nephrology, Disease Progression, Female, medicine.symptom, Glomerular Filtration Rate, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Nephropathy, 03 medical and health sciences, Internal medicine, Biopsy, Humans, Proportional Hazards Models, Retrospective Studies, business.industry, Surrogate endpoint, Glomerulonephritis, IGA, medicine.disease, Confidence interval, Renal disorders Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 11], Kidney Failure, Chronic, Renal disorders Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 11], business
Abstract

Contains fulltext : 232930.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) BACKGROUND: On the basis of findings of observational studies and a meta-analysis, proteinuria reduction has been proposed as a surrogate outcome in IgA nephropathy. How long a reduction in proteinuria needs to be maintained to mitigate the long-term risk of disease progression is unknown. METHODS: In this retrospective multiethnic cohort of adult patients with IgA nephropathy, we defined proteinuria remission as a ≥25% reduction in proteinuria from the peak value after biopsy, and an absolute reduction in proteinuria to

Published
2021

10. Quantifying duration of proteinuria remission and association with clinical outcome in IgA nephropathy

Author

Canney, M. Barbour, S.J. Zheng, Y. Coppo, R. Zhang, H. Liu, Z.-H. Matsuzaki, K. Suzuki, Y. Katafuchi, R. Reich, H.N. Cattran, D. Russo, M.L. Troyanov, S. Cook, H.T. Roberts, I. Tesar, V. Maixnerova, D. Lundberg, S. Gesualdo, L. Emma, F. Fuiano, L. Beltrame, G. Rollino, C. Amore, A. Camilla, R. Peruzzi, L. Praga, M. Feriozzi, S. Polci, R. Segoloni, G. Colla, L. Pani, A. Piras, D. Angioi, A. Cancarini, G. Ravera, S. Durlik, M. Moggia, E. Ballarin, J. Di Giulio, S. Pugliese, F. Serriello, I. Caliskan, Y. Sever, M. Kilicaslan, I. Locatelli, F. Del Vecchio, L. Wetzels, J.F.M. Peters, H. Berg, U. Carvalho, F. da Costa Ferreira, A.C. Maggio, M. Wiecek, A. Ots-Rosenberg, M. Magistroni, R. Topaloglu, R. Bilginer, Y. D'Amico, M. Stangou, M. Giacchino, F. Goumenos, D. Kalliakmani, P. Gerolymos, M. Galesic, K. Geddes, C. Siamopoulos, K. Balafa, O. Galliani, M. Stratta, P. Quaglia, M. Bergia, R. Cravero, R. Salvadori, M. Cirami, L. Fellstrom, B. Kloster Smerud, H. Ferrario, F. Stellato, T. Egido, J. Martin, C. Floege, J. Eitner, F. Lupo, A. Bernich, P. Menè, P. Morosetti, M. van Kooten, C. Rabelink, T. Reinders, M.E.J. Boria Grinyo, J.M. Cusinato, S. Benozzi, L. Savoldi, S. Licata, C. Mizerska-Wasiak, M. Martina, G. Messuerotti, A. Dal Canton, A. Esposito, C. Migotto, C. Triolo, G. Mariano, F. Pozzi, C. Boero, R. Bellur, S. Mazzucco, G. Giannakakis, C. Honsova, E. Sundelin, B. Di Palma, A.M. Gutiérrez, E. Asunis, A.M. Barratt, J. Tardanico, R. Perkowska-Ptasinska, A. Arce Terroba, J. Fortunato, M. Pantzaki, A. Ozluk, Y. Steenbergen, E. Soderberg, M. Riispere, Z. Furci, L. Orhan, D. Kipgen, D. Casartelli, D. Galesic Ljubanovic, D. Gakiopoulou, H. Bertoni, E. Cannata Ortiz, P. Karkoszka, H. Groene, H.J. Stoppacciaro, A. Bajema, I. Bruijn, J. Fulladosa Oliveras, X. Maldyk, J. Ioachim, E. Bavbek, N. Cook, T. Alpers, C. Feehally, J. Berthoux, F. Bonsib, S. D'Agati, V. D'Amico, G. Emancipator, S. Emmal, F. Fervenza, F. Florquin, S. Fogo, A. Groene, H. Haas, M. Hill, P. Hogg, R. Hsu, S. Hunley, T. Hladunewich Jennette, C. Joh, K. Julian, B. Kawamura, T. Lai, F. Leung, C. Li, L. Li, P. Liu, Z. Massat, A. Mackinnon, B. Mezzano, S. Schena, F. Tomino, Y. Walker, P. Wang, H. Weening, J. Yoshikawa, N. Zeng, C.-H. Shi, S. Nogi, C. Suzuki, H. Koike, K. Hirano, K. Yokoo, T. Hanai, M. Fukami, K. Takahashi, K. Yuzawa, Y. Niwa, M. Yasuda, Y. Maruyama, S. Ichikawa, D. Suzuki, T. Shirai, S. Fukuda, A. Fujimoto, S. Trimarchi, H. International IgA Nephropathy Network

Abstract

Background On the basis of findings of observational studies and a meta-analysis, proteinuria reduction has been proposed as a surrogate outcome in IgA nephropathy. How long a reduction in proteinuria needs to be maintained to mitigate the long-term risk of disease progression is unknown. Methods In this retrospective multiethnic cohort of adult patients with IgA nephropathy, we defined proteinuria remission as a $25% reduction in proteinuria from the peak value after biopsy, and an absolute reduction in proteinuria to,1 g/d. The exposure of interest was the total duration of first remission, treated as a time-varying covariate using longitudinal proteinuria measurements. We used time-dependent Cox proportional hazards regression models to quantify the association between the duration of remission and the primary outcome (ESKD or a 50% reduction in eGFR). Results During a median follow-up of 3.9 years, 274 of 1864 patients (14.7%) experienced the primary outcome. The relationship between duration of proteinuria remission and outcome was nonlinear. Each 3 months in sustained remission up to approximately 4 years was associated with an additional 9% reduction in the risk of disease progression (hazard ratio [HR], 0.91; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 0.89 to 0.93). Thereafter, each additional 3 months in remission was associated with a smaller, nonsignificant risk reduction (HR, 0.99; 95% CI, 0.96 to 1.03). These findings were robust to multivariable adjustment and consistent across clinical and histologic subgroups. Conclusions Our findings support the use of proteinuria as a surrogate outcome in IgA nephropathy, but additionally demonstrate the value of quantifying the duration of proteinuria remission when estimating the risk of hard clinical endpoints. Copyright © 2021 by the American Society of Nephrology.

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2021

11. Calcifediol supplementation in adults on hemodialysis: a randomized controlled trial

Author

Morrone, L., Palmer, S. C., Saglimbene, V. M., Perna, A., Cianciolo, G., Russo, D., Gesualdo, L., Natale, P., Santoro, A., Mazzaferro, S., Cozzolino, M., Cupisti, A., Di Luca, M., Di Iorio, B., Strippoli, G. F. M., Massimetti, C., Pennacchiotti, F., Mannarino, A., Grimaldi, C., Savica, V., Schillaci, O., Credentino, O., Casu, M. D., Lomonte, C., Vigo, V., Grandaliano, G., Netti, S., Aucella, F., Morosetti, M., Boero, R., Soleti, F., Fasianos, E., Polidoro, M., Santoro, D., Malberti, F., D'Apice, L., Musacchio, R., Porcu, M. C., Rotondi, S., and Muci, M. L.

Subjects
Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.medical_treatment, 030232 urology & nephrology, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, vitamin D deficiency, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, Hyperphosphatemia, 0302 clinical medicine, Randomized controlled trial, Double-Blind Method, law, Renal Dialysis, Internal medicine, medicine, Vitamin D and neurology, Humans, Mortality, Vitamin D, Calcifediol, ESKD, business.industry, Hazard ratio, Hemodialysis, Vitamins, medicine.disease, chemistry, Nephrology, Dietary Supplements, business, Kidney disease
Abstract

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased risks of mortality in people with chronic kidney disease. The benefits and harm of vitamin D supplementation on cardiovascular outcomes and mortality are unknown. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of calcifediol in reducing mortality in patients with vitamin D insufficiency on hemodialysis compared to no additional therapy. A phase III, multicenter, randomized, open-label trial was conducted including 284 adults with vitamin D insufficiency undergoing hemodialysis who were randomly assigned to receive oral calcifediol or standard care for 24 months. Two hundred eighty-four participants were enrolled (143 assigned to the calcifediol group and 141 to the no additional therapy group). The primary outcome (mortality) occurred in 34 and 31 participants in the calcifediol and control group, respectively [hazard ratio (HR) 1.03; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.63–1.67]. Calcifediol had no detectable effects on cardiovascular death (HR 1.06; 95% CI 0.41–2.74), non-cardiovascular death (HR 1.13; 95% CI 0.62–2.04), nonfatal myocardial infarction (HR 0.20; 95% CI 0.02–1.67) or nonfatal stroke (HR could not be estimated). The incidence of hypercalcemia and hyperphosphatemia was similar between groups. None of the participants underwent parathyroidectomy. In adults treated with hemodialysis and who had vitamin D insufficiency, calcifediol supplementation for 24 months had inconclusive effects on mortality and cardiovascular outcomes. NCT01457001

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2021

12. Validation of an easy questionnaire on the assessment of salt habit: the MINISAL-SIIA Study Program

Author

D’Elia, L., Manfredi, M., Strazzullo, P., Galletti, F., Agabiti-Rosei, E., Arcangeli, E., Artom, A., Barbato, A., Barbiero, M., Belfiore, A., Bernini, G., Boero, R., Berra, E., Biggi, A., Borgheresi, P., Borghi, C., Bosio, A., Caiazza, A., Caielli, P., Caló, L. A., Castellano, M., Catena, C., Cerrato, F., Cilia, C., Cipollini, F., Crippa, M., Cuspidi, C., D’Avino, M., De Giorgi, G. A., De Luca, N., De Pergola, G., Del Giudice, A., Desideri, G., Fallo, F., Ferri, C., Galeone, D., Garavelli, G., Gaudio, G., Giacchetti, G., Gidaro, B., Giovannetti, R., Grandi, A., Guglielmi, M., Iacoviello, L., Leonardis, D., Lonati, C., Lonati, L. M., Malatino, L., Mallamaci, F., Maresca, A. M., Marzano, L., Massara, C., Merletti, L., Meschi, M., Modesti, S., Montanari, A., Morganti, A., Musiari, L., Musso, N., Nardecchia, A., Nazzaro, P., Pallisco, O., Panichi, V., Parati, G., Pascale, C., Pini, C., Pirola, I., Pucci, G., Rabbia, F., Rescaldani, M., Ronchi, E., Rossi, E., Rossi, G., Sala, C., Sarzani, R., Sechi, L. A., Silvestris, F., Stancanelli, B., Trimarco, B., Ungar, A., Veglio, F., Veronesi, M., Vinella, L., D'Elia, L, Manfredi, M, Strazzullo, P, Galletti, F, Agabiti-Rosei, E, Arcangeli, E, Artom, A, Barbato, A, Barbiero, M, Belfiore, A, Bernini, G, Boero, R, Berra, E, Biggi, A, Borgheresi, P, Borghi, C, Bosio, A, Caiazza, A, Caielli, P, Calo, L, Castellano, M, Catena, C, Cerrato, F, Cilia, C, Cipollini, F, Crippa, M, Cuspidi, C, D'Avino, M, De Giorgi, G, De Luca, N, De Pergola, G, Del Giudice, A, Desideri, G, Fallo, F, Ferri, C, Galeone, D, Garavelli, G, Gaudio, G, Giacchetti, G, Gidaro, B, Giovannetti, R, Grandi, A, Guglielmi, M, Iacoviello, L, Leonardis, D, Lonati, C, Lonati, L, Malatino, L, Mallamaci, F, Maresca, A, Marzano, L, Massara, C, Merletti, L, Meschi, M, Modesti, S, Montanari, A, Morganti, A, Musiari, L, Musso, N, Nardecchia, A, Nazzaro, P, Pallisco, O, Panichi, V, Parati, G, Pascale, C, Pini, C, Pirola, I, Pucci, G, Rabbia, F, Rescaldani, M, Ronchi, E, Rossi, E, Rossi, G, Sala, C, Sarzani, R, Sechi, L, Silvestris, F, Stancanelli, B, Trimarco, B, Ungar, A, Veglio, F, Veronesi, M, Vinella, L, L. D’Elia, M. Manfredi, P. Strazzullo, F. Galletti, E. Agabiti-Rosei, E. Arcangeli, A. Artom, A. Barbato, M. Barbiero, A. Belfiore, G. Bernini, R. Boero, E. Berra, A. Biggi, P. Borgheresi, C. Borghi, A. Bosio, A. Caiazza, P. Caielli, L. A. Caló, M. Castellano, C. Catena, F. Cerrato, C. Cilia, F. Cipollini, M. Crippa, C. Cuspidi, M. D’Avino, G. A. De Giorgi, N. De Luca, G. De Pergola, A. Del Giudice, G. Desideri, F. Fallo, C. Ferri, D. Galeone, G. Garavelli, G. Gaudio, G. Giacchetti, B. Gidaro, R. Giovannetti, A. Grandi, M. Guglielmi, L. Iacoviello, D. Leonardi, C. Lonati, L. M. Lonati, L. Malatino, F. Mallamaci, A. M. Maresca, L. Marzano, C. Massara, L. Merletti, M. Meschi, S. Modesti, A. Montanari, A. Morganti, L. Musiari, N. Musso, A. Nardecchia, P. Nazzaro, O. Pallisco, V. Panichi, G. Parati, C. Pascale, C. Pini, I. Pirola, G. Pucci, F. Rabbia, M. Rescaldani, E. Ronchi, E. Rossi, G. Rossi, C. Sala, R. Sarzani, L. A. Sechi, F. Silvestri, B. Stancanelli, B. Trimarco, A. Ungar, F. Veglio, M. Veronesi, and L. Vinella

Subjects
Male, 0301 basic medicine, Validation study, medicine.medical_specialty, media_common.quotation_subject, Medicine (miscellaneous), 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, Nutrition and Dietetic, hypertension, sodium intake, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Surveys and Questionnaires, Internal medicine, Nutrition and Dietetic, medicine, Humans, MINISAL-SIIA, Sodium Chloride, Dietary, Nutrition, media_common, 030109 nutrition & dietetics, Nutrition and Dietetics, Urinary sodium, business.industry, MINISAL-SIIA Study Program, Reproducibility of Results, Middle Aged, Anthropometry, Blood pressure, Italy, Hypertension, Dietary salt intake, Female, Habit, dietary salt intake, business, Dietetic, sodium intake
Abstract

Background/objectives: The aim of the present study was to validate a short questionnaire on habitual dietary salt intake, to quickly and easily identify individuals whose salt consumption exceeds recommended levels. Subjects/methods: A total of 1131 hypertensive subjects participating in the MINISAL-SIIA study were included in the analysis. Anthropometric indexes, blood pressure, and 24-h urinary sodium excretion (NaU) were measured. A fixed-sequence questionnaire on dietary salt intake was administered. Results: NaU was significantly associated with scores, with a linear association across categories (p for trend 85 mmol/day) and “very high NaU” (NaU > 170 mmol/day) was 86 and 35%, respectively. The score of the questionnaire had a significant ability to detect both “high NaU”—with a specificity of 95% at the score of 10 points—and “very high NaU”—with a specificity of 99.6% at score of 13 points. Conclusions: The main results of the study indicates that a higher score of this short questionnaire is distinctive of habitual high salt consumption in hypertensive patients.

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2019

13. First considerations on the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in the Dialysis Units of Piedmont and Aosta Valley, Northern Italy

Author

Manganaro, M., Baldovino, S., Besso, L., Biancone, L., Boero, R., Borzumati, M., Calabrese, G., Cantaluppi, V., Chiappero, F., Chiarinotti, D., Cusinato, S., Filiberti, O., Formica, M., Gianoglio, B., Maffei, S., Manes, M., Roccatello, D., Sacco, C., Salomone, M., Savoldi, S., Tognarelli, G., Viglino, G., Vitale, C., Amoroso, A., and Vanzino, S.

Subjects
Adult, Male, 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Health Personnel, Pneumonia, Viral, Ambulatory Care Facilities, Health personnel, Betacoronavirus, Pandemic, 80 and over, Prevalence, Medicine, Humans, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Coronavirus Infections, Epidemics, Female, Hospitalization, Italy, Kidney Transplantation, Middle Aged, Pandemics, Peritoneal Dialysis, Preliminary Data, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic, Viral, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic, business.industry, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, Pneumonia, Archaeology, Northern italy, Nephrology, Dialysis unit, Dialisis peritoneal, business
Published
2020

14. Improving treatment decisions using personalized risk assessment from the International IgA Nephropathy Prediction Tool

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Barbour, Sean J., primary, Canney, Mark, additional, Coppo, Rosanna, additional, Zhang, Hong, additional, Liu, Zhi-Hong, additional, Suzuki, Yusuke, additional, Matsuzaki, Keiichi, additional, Katafuchi, Ritsuko, additional, Induruwage, Dilshani, additional, Er, Lee, additional, Reich, Heather N., additional, Feehally, John, additional, Barratt, Jonathan, additional, Cattran, Daniel C., additional, Russo, M.L., additional, Troyanov, S., additional, Cook, H.T., additional, Roberts, I., additional, Tesar, V., additional, Maixnerova, D., additional, Lundberg, S., additional, Gesualdo, L., additional, Emma, F., additional, Fuiano, L., additional, Beltrame, G., additional, Rollino, C., additional, Amore, A., additional, Camilla, R., additional, Peruzzi, L., additional, Praga, M., additional, Feriozzi, S., additional, Polci, R., additional, Segoloni, G., additional, Colla, L., additional, Pani, A., additional, Piras, D., additional, Angioi, A., additional, Cancarini, G., additional, Ravera, S., additional, Durlik, M., additional, Moggia, E., additional, Ballarin, J., additional, Di Giulio, S., additional, Pugliese, F., additional, Serriello, I., additional, Caliskan, Y., additional, Sever, M., additional, Kilicaslan, I., additional, Locatelli, F., additional, Del Vecchio, L., additional, Wetzels, J.F.M., additional, Peters, H., additional, Berg, U., additional, Carvalho, F., additional, da Costa Ferreira, A.C., additional, Maggio, M., additional, Wiecek, A., additional, Ots-Rosenberg, M., additional, Magistroni, R., additional, Topaloglu, R., additional, Bilginer, Y., additional, D’Amico, M., additional, Stangou, M., additional, Giacchino, F., additional, Goumenos, D., additional, Kalliakmani, P., additional, Gerolymos, M., additional, Galesic, K., additional, Geddes, C., additional, Siamopoulos, K., additional, Balafa, O., additional, Galliani, M., additional, Stratta, P., additional, Quaglia, M., additional, Bergia, R., additional, Cravero, R., additional, Salvadori, M., additional, Cirami, L., additional, Fellstrom, B., additional, Kloster Smerud, H., additional, Ferrario, F., additional, Stellato, T., additional, Egido, J., additional, Martin, C., additional, Floege, J., additional, Eitner, F., additional, Lupo, A., additional, Bernich, P., additional, Menè, P., additional, Morosetti, M., additional, van Kooten, C., additional, Rabelink, T., additional, Reinders, M.E.J., additional, Boria Grinyo, J.M., additional, Cusinato, S., additional, Benozzi, L., additional, Savoldi, S., additional, Licata, C., additional, Mizerska-Wasiak, M., additional, Martina, G., additional, Messuerotti, A., additional, Dal Canton, A., additional, Esposito, C., additional, Migotto, C., additional, Triolo, G., additional, Mariano, F., additional, Pozzi, C., additional, Boero, R., additional, Bellur, S., additional, Mazzucco, G., additional, Giannakakis, C., additional, Honsova, E., additional, Sundelin, B., additional, Di Palma, A.M., additional, Gutiérrez, E., additional, Asunis, A.M., additional, Barratt, J., additional, Tardanico, R., additional, Perkowska-Ptasinska, A., additional, Arce Terroba, J., additional, Fortunato, M., additional, Pantzaki, A., additional, Ozluk, Y., additional, Steenbergen, E., additional, Soderberg, M., additional, Riispere, Z., additional, Furci, L., additional, Orhan, D., additional, Kipgen, D., additional, Casartelli, D., additional, Galesic Ljubanovic, D., additional, Gakiopoulou, H., additional, Bertoni, E., additional, Cannata Ortiz, P., additional, Karkoszka, H., additional, Groene, H.J., additional, Stoppacciaro, A., additional, Bajema, I., additional, Bruijn, J., additional, Fulladosa Oliveras, X., additional, Maldyk, J., additional, Ioachim, E., additional, Bavbek, N., additional, Cook, T., additional, Alpers, C., additional, Berthoux, F., additional, Bonsib, S., additional, D’Agati, V., additional, D’Amico, G., additional, Emancipator, S., additional, Emmal, F., additional, Fervenza, F., additional, Florquin, S., additional, Fogo, A., additional, Groene, H., additional, Haas, M., additional, Hill, P., additional, Hogg, R., additional, Hsu, S., additional, Hunley, T., additional, Hladunewich, M., additional, Jennette, C., additional, Joh, K., additional, Julian, B., additional, Kawamura, T., additional, Lai, F., additional, Leung, C., additional, Li, L., additional, Li, P., additional, Liu, Z., additional, Massat, A., additional, Mackinnon, B., additional, Mezzano, S., additional, Schena, F., additional, Tomino, Y., additional, Walker, P., additional, Wang, H., additional, Weening, J., additional, Yoshikawa N, N., additional, Zeng, C.-H., additional, Shi, S., additional, Nogi, C., additional, Suzuki, H., additional, Koike, K., additional, Hirano, K., additional, Yokoo, T., additional, Hanai, M., additional, Fukami, K., additional, Takahashi, K., additional, Yuzawa, Y., additional, Niwa, M., additional, Yasuda, Y., additional, Maruyama, S., additional, Ichikawa, D., additional, Suzuki, T., additional, Shirai, S., additional, Fukuda, A., additional, Fujimoto, S., additional, and Trimarchi, H., additional

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2020
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17. Reproducibility of the Oxford classification of immunoglobulin A nephropathy, impact of biopsy scoring on treatment allocation and clinical relevance of disagreements: Evidence from the VALidation of IGA study cohort

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Bellur, S.S. Roberts, I.S.D. Troyanov, S. Royal, V. Coppo, R. Cook, H.T. Cattran, D. Terroba, Y.A. Asunis, A.M. Bajema, I. Bertoni, E. Bruijn, J.A. Cannata-Ortiz, P. Casartelli, D. Di Palma, A.M. Ferrario, F. Fortunato, M. Furci, L. Gakiopoulou, H. Ljubanovic, D.G. Giannakakis, K. Gomá, M. Gröne, H.-J. Gutiérrez, E. Haider, S.A. Honsova, E. Ioachim, E. Karkoszka, H. Kipgen, D. Maldyk, J. Mazzucco, G. Orhan, D. Ozluk, Y. Pantzaki, A. Perkowska-Ptasinska, A. Riispere, Z. Soderberg, M.P. Steenbergen, E. Stoppacciaro, A. Von Feilitzen, B.S. Tardanico, R. Tesar, V. Maixnerova, D. Lundberg, S. Gesualdo, L. Emma, F. Fuiano, L. Beltrame, G. Rollino, C. Coppo, R. Amore, A. Camilla, R. Peruzzi, L. Praga, M. Feriozzi, S. Polci, R. Segoloni, G. Colla, L. Pani, A. Angioi, A. Piras, L. Feehally, J. Barratt, J. Cancarini, G. Ravera, S. Durlik, M. Moggia, E. Ballarin, J. Di Giulio, S. Pugliese, F. Serriello, I. Caliskan, Y. Sever, M. Locatelli, F. Del Vecchio, L. Wetzels, J.F.M. Peters, H. Berg, U. Carvalho, F. da Costa Ferreira, A.C. Maggio, M. Wiecek, A. Ots-Rosenberg, M. Magistroni, R. Topaloglu, R. Bilginer, Y. D'Amico, M. Stangou, M. Giacchino, F. Goumenos, D. Kalliakmani, P. Gerolymos, M. Galesic, K. Geddes, C. Siamopoulos, K. Balafa, O. Galliani, M. Stratta, P. Quaglia, M. Bergia, R. Cravero, R. Salvadori, M. Cirami, L. Fellstrom, B. Kloster Smerud, H. Ferrario, F. Stellato, T. Egido, J. Martin, C. Floege, J. Eitner, F. Lupo, A. Bernich, P. Menè, P. Morosetti, M. van Kooten, C. Rabelink, T. Reinders, M.E.J. Grinyo, J.M. Fulladosa, X. Cusinato, S. Benozzi, L. Savoldi, S. Licata, C. Mizerska-Wasiak, M. Roszkowska-Blaim, M. Martina, G. Messuerotti, A. Dal Canton, A. Esposito, C. Migotto, C. Triolo, G. Mariano, F. Pozzi, C. Boero, R. Kilicaslan, I.

Abstract

Background: The VALidation of IGA (VALIGA) study investigated the utility of the Oxford Classification of immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) in 1147 patients from 13 European countries. Methods. Biopsies were scored by local pathologists followed by central review in Oxford. We had two distinct objectives: to assess how closely pathology findings were associated with the decision to give corticosteroid/immunosuppressive (CS/IS) treatments, and to determine the impact of differences in MEST-C scoring between central and local pathologists on the clinical value of the Oxford Classification. We tested for each lesion the associations between the type of agreement (local and central pathologists scoring absent, local present and central absent, local absent and central present, both scoring present) with the initial clinical assessment, as well as long-term outcomes in those patients who did not receive CS/IS. Results: All glomerular lesions (M, E, C and S) assessed by local pathologists were independently associated with the decision to administer CS/IS therapy, while the severity of tubulointerstitial lesions was not. Reproducibility between local and central pathologists was moderate for S (segmental sclerosis) and T (tubular atrophy/interstitial fibrosis), and poor for M (mesangial hypercellularity), E (endocapillary hypercellularity) and C (crescents). Local pathologists found statistically more of each lesion, except for the S lesion, which was more frequent with central review. Disagreements were more likely to occur when the proportion of glomeruli affected was low. The M lesion, assessed by central pathologists, correlated better with the severity of the disease at presentation and discriminated better with outcomes. In contrast, the E lesion, evaluated by local pathologists, correlated better with the clinical presentation and outcomes when compared with central review. Both C and S lesions, when discordant between local and central pathologists, had a clinical phenotype intermediate to double absent lesions (milder disease) and double present (more severe). Conclusion: We conclude that differences in the scoring of MEST-C criteria between local pathologists and a central reviewer have a significant impact on the prognostic value of the Oxford Classification. Since the decision to offer immunosuppressive therapy in this cohort was intimately associated with the MEST-C score, this study indicates a need for a more detailed guidance for pathologists in the scoring of IgAN biopsies. © 2018 The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of ERA-EDTA. All rights reserved.

Published
2019

18. Reproducibility of the Oxford classification of immunoglobulin A nephropathy, impact of biopsy scoring on treatment allocation and clinical relevance of disagreements: Evidence from the VALidation of IGA study cohort

Author

Bellur, S. S., Roberts, I. S. D., Troyanov, S., Royal, V., Coppo, R., Cook, H. T., Cattran, D., Terroba, Y. A., Asunis, A. M., Bajema, I., Bertoni, E., Bruijn, J. A., Cannata-Ortiz, P., Casartelli, D., Di Palma, A. M., Ferrario, F., Fortunato, M., Furci, L., Gakiopoulou, H., Ljubanovic, D. G., Giannakakis, K., Goma, M., Grone, H. -J., Gutierrez, E., Haider, S. A., Honsova, E., Ioachim, E., Karkoszka, H., Kipgen, D., Maldyk, J., Mazzucco, G., Orhan, D., Ozluk, Y., Pantzaki, A., Perkowska-Ptasinska, A., Riispere, Z., Soderberg, M. P., Steenbergen, E., Stoppacciaro, A., Von Feilitzen, B. S., Tardanico, R., Tesar, V., Maixnerova, D., Lundberg, S., Gesualdo, L., Emma, F., Fuiano, L., Beltrame, G., Rollino, C., Amore, A., Camilla, R., Peruzzi, L., Praga, M., Feriozzi, S., Polci, R., Segoloni, G., Colla, L., Pani, A., Angioi, A., Piras, L., Feehally, J., Barratt, J., Cancarini, G., Ravera, S., Durlik, M., Moggia, E., Ballarin, J., Di Giulio, S., Pugliese, F., Serriello, I., Caliskan, Y., Sever, M., Locatelli, F., Del Vecchio, L., Wetzels, J. F. M., Peters, H., Berg, U., Carvalho, F., da Costa Ferreira, A. C., Maggio, M., Wiecek, A., Ots-Rosenberg, M., Magistroni, R., Topaloglu, R., Bilginer, Y., D'Amico, M., Stangou, M., Giacchino, F., Goumenos, D., Kalliakmani, P., Gerolymos, M., Galesic, K., Geddes, C., Siamopoulos, K., Balafa, O., Galliani, M., Stratta, P., Quaglia, M., Bergia, R., Cravero, R., Salvadori, M., Cirami, L., Fellstrom, B., Kloster Smerud, H., Stellato, T., Egido, J., Martin, C., Floege, J., Eitner, F., Lupo, A., Bernich, P., Mene, P., Morosetti, M., van Kooten, C., Rabelink, T., Reinders, M. E. J., Grinyo, J. M., Fulladosa, X., Cusinato, S., Benozzi, L., Savoldi, S., Licata, C., Mizerska-Wasiak, M., Roszkowska-Blaim, M., Martina, G., Messuerotti, A., Dal Canton, A., Esposito, C., Migotto, C., Triolo, G., Mariano, F., Pozzi, C., Boero, R., and Kilicaslan, I.

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, IgA nephropathy, immunosuppression, kidney biopsy, Oxford classification, proteinuria, medicine.medical_treatment, Biopsy, 030232 urology & nephrology, Disease, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Lesion, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Glomerulonephritis, Models, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Endocapillary hypercellularity, Clinical significance, IGA, Retrospective Studies, Observer Variation, Transplantation, Models, Statistical, Proteinuria, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Patient Selection, Oxford classification, Reproducibility of Results, Glomerulonephritis, IGA, Immunosuppression, Statistical, Prognosis, Nephrology, proteinuria, Glomerular Filtration Rate, Immunosuppressive Agents, Cohort, medicine.symptom, business
Abstract

Background The VALidation of IGA (VALIGA) study investigated the utility of the Oxford Classification of immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) in 1147 patients from 13 European countries. Methods. Biopsies were scored by local pathologists followed by central review in Oxford. We had two distinct objectives: to assess how closely pathology findings were associated with the decision to give corticosteroid/immunosuppressive (CS/IS) treatments, and to determine the impact of differences in MEST-C scoring between central and local pathologists on the clinical value of the Oxford Classification. We tested for each lesion the associations between the type of agreement (local and central pathologists scoring absent, local present and central absent, local absent and central present, both scoring present) with the initial clinical assessment, as well as long-term outcomes in those patients who did not receive CS/IS. Results All glomerular lesions (M, E, C and S) assessed by local pathologists were independently associated with the decision to administer CS/IS therapy, while the severity of tubulointerstitial lesions was not. Reproducibility between local and central pathologists was moderate for S (segmental sclerosis) and T (tubular atrophy/interstitial fibrosis), and poor for M (mesangial hypercellularity), E (endocapillary hypercellularity) and C (crescents). Local pathologists found statistically more of each lesion, except for the S lesion, which was more frequent with central review. Disagreements were more likely to occur when the proportion of glomeruli affected was low. The M lesion, assessed by central pathologists, correlated better with the severity of the disease at presentation and discriminated better with outcomes. In contrast, the E lesion, evaluated by local pathologists, correlated better with the clinical presentation and outcomes when compared with central review. Both C and S lesions, when discordant between local and central pathologists, had a clinical phenotype intermediate to double absent lesions (milder disease) and double present (more severe). Conclusion We conclude that differences in the scoring of MEST-C criteria between local pathologists and a central reviewer have a significant impact on the prognostic value of the Oxford Classification. Since the decision to offer immunosuppressive therapy in this cohort was intimately associated with the MEST-C score, this study indicates a need for a more detailed guidance for pathologists in the scoring of IgAN biopsies.

Published
2019

19. Evaluating a New International Risk-Prediction Tool in IgA Nephropathy

Author

Barbour, S.J., Coppo, R., Zhang, H., Liu, Z.H., Suzuki, Y., Matsuzaki, K., Katafuchi, R., Er, L., Espino-Hernandez, G., Kim, S.J., Reich, H.N., Feehally, J., Cattran, D.C., Russo, M.L., Troyanov, S., Cook, H.T., Roberts, I., Tesar, V., Maixnerova, D., Lundberg, S., Gesualdo, L., Emma, F., Fuiano, L., Beltrame, G., Rollino, C., Amore, A., Camilla, R., Peruzzi, L., Praga, M., Feriozzi, S., Polci, R., Segoloni, G., Colla, L., Pani, A., Piras, D., Angioi, A., Cancarini, G., Ravera, S., Durlik, M., Moggia, E., Ballarin, J., Giulio, S. di, Pugliese, F., Serriello, I., Caliskan, Y., Sever, M., Kilicaslan, I., Locatelli, F., Vecchio, L. del, Wetzels, J.F.M., Peters, H., Berg, U., Carvalho, F., Ferreira, A.C.D., Maggio, M., Wiecek, A., Ots-Rosenberg, M., Magistroni, R., Topaloglu, R., Bilginer, Y., D'Amico, M., Stangou, M., Giacchino, F., Goumenos, D., Kalliakmani, P., Gerolymos, M., Galesic, K., Geddes, C., Siamopoulos, K., Balafa, O., Galliani, M., Stratta, P., Quaglia, M., Bergia, R., Cravero, R., Salvadori, M., Cirami, L., Fellstrorn, B., Smerud, H.K., Ferrario, F., Stellato, T., Egido, J., Martin, C., Floege, J., Eitner, F., Lupo, A., Bernich, P., Mene, R., Morosetti, M., Kooten, C. van, Rabelink, T., Reinders, M.E.J., Grinyo, J.M.B., Cusinato, S., Benozzi, L., Savoldi, S., Licata, C., Mizerska-Wasiak, M., Martina, G., Messuerotti, A., Canton, A. dal, Esposito, C., Migotto, C., Triolo, G., Mariano, F., Pozzi, C., Boero, R., Bellur, S., Mazzucco, G., Giannakakis, C., Honsova, E., Sundelin, B., Palma, A.M. di, Gutierrez, E., Asunis, A.M., Barratt, J., Tardanico, R., Perkowska-Ptasinska, A., Terroba, J.A., Fortunato, M., Pantzaki, A., Ozluk, Y., Steenbergen, E., Soderberg, M., Riispere, Z., Furci, L., Orhan, D., Kipgen, D., Casartelli, D., Ljubanovic, D.G., Gakiopoulou, H., Bertoni, E., Ortiz, P.C., Karkoszka, H., Groene, H.J., Stoppacciaro, A., Bajema, I., Bruijn, J., Oliveras, X.F., Maldyk, J., Loachim, E., Bavbek, N., Cook, T., Alpers, C., Berthoux, F., Bonsib, S., D'Agati, V., D'Amico, G., Emancipator, S., Emmal, F., Fervenza, F., Florquin, S., Fogo, A., Groene, H., Haas, M., Hill, P., Hogg, R., Hsu, S., Hunley, T., Hladunewich, Jennette, C., Joh, K., Julian, B., Kawamura, T., Lai, F., Leung, C., Li, L., Li, P., Liu, Z., Massat, A., Mackinnon, B., Mezzano, S., Schena, F., Tomino, Y., Walker, P., Wang, H., Weening, J., Yoshikawa, N., Zeng, C.H., Shi, S.F., Nogi, C., Suzuki, H., Koike, K., Hirano, K., Yokoo, T., Hanai, M., Fukami, K., Takahashi, K., Yuzawa, Y., Niwa, M., Yasuda, Y., Maruyama, S., Ichikawa, D., Suzuki, T., Shirai, S., Fukuda, A., Fujimoto, S., Trimarchi, H., Int IgA Nephropathy Network, and Pathology

Subjects
Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Risk Assessment, 01 natural sciences, Nephropathy, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Interquartile range, Internal medicine, Internal Medicine, Humans, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, 0101 mathematics, business.industry, Proportional hazards model, Clinical study design, 010102 general mathematics, Glomerulonephritis, IGA, Middle Aged, Models, Theoretical, medicine.disease, Clinical trial, Cohort, Female, business, Risk assessment, Kidney disease
Abstract

ImportanceAlthough IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common glomerulonephritis in the world, there is no validated tool to predict disease progression. This limits patient-specific risk stratification and treatment decisions, clinical trial recruitment, and biomarker validation. ObjectiveTo derive and externally validate a prediction model for disease progression in IgAN that can be applied at the time of kidney biopsy in multiple ethnic groups worldwide. Design, Setting, and ParticipantsWe derived and externally validated a prediction model using clinical and histologic risk factors that are readily available in clinical practice. Large, multi-ethnic cohorts of adults with biopsy-proven IgAN were included from Europe, North America, China, and Japan. Main Outcomes and MeasuresCox proportional hazards models were used to analyze the risk of a 50% decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) or end-stage kidney disease, and were evaluated using the R-D(2) measure, Akaike information criterion (AIC), C statistic, continuous net reclassification improvement (NRI), integrated discrimination improvement (IDI), and calibration plots. ResultsThe study included 3927 patients; mean age, 35.4 (interquartile range, 28.0-45.4) years; and 2173 (55.3%) were men. The following prediction models were created in a derivation cohort of 2781 patients: a clinical model that included eGFR, blood pressure, and proteinuria at biopsy; and 2 full models that also contained the MEST histologic score, age, medication use, and either racial/ethnic characteristics (white, Japanese, or Chinese) or no racial/ethnic characteristics, to allow application in other ethnic groups. Compared with the clinical model, the full models with and without race/ethnicity had better R-D(2) (26.3% and 25.3%, respectively, vs 20.3%) and AIC (6338 and 6379, respectively, vs 6485), significant increases in C statistic from 0.78 to 0.82 and 0.81, respectively (Delta C, 0.04; 95% CI, 0.03-0.04 and Delta C, 0.03; 95% CI, 0.02-0.03, respectively), and significant improvement in reclassification as assessed by the NRI (0.18; 95% CI, 0.07-0.29 and 0.51; 95% CI, 0.39-0.62, respectively) and IDI (0.07; 95% CI, 0.06-0.08 and 0.06; 95% CI, 0.05-0.06, respectively). External validation was performed in a cohort of 1146 patients. For both full models, the C statistics (0.82; 95% CI, 0.81-0.83 with race/ethnicity; 0.81; 95% CI, 0.80-0.82 without race/ethnicity) and R-D(2) (both 35.3%) were similar or better than in the validation cohort, with excellent calibration. Conclusions and RelevanceIn this study, the 2 full prediction models were shown to be accurate and validated methods for predicting disease progression and patient risk stratification in IgAN in multi-ethnic cohorts, with additional applications to clinical trial design and biomarker research.

Published
2019

20. Evaluating a New International Risk-Prediction Tool in IgA Nephropathy

Author

Barbour, Sean J. Coppo, Rosanna Zhang, Hong Liu, Zhi-Hong and Suzuki, Yusuke Matsuzaki, Keiichi Katafuchi, Ritsuko Er, Lee Espino-Hernandez, Gabriela Kim, S. Joseph Reich, Heather N. Feehally, John Cattran, Daniel C. Russo, M. L. and Troyanov, S. Cook, H. T. Roberts, I. Tesar, V. and Maixnerova, D. Lundberg, S. Gesualdo, L. Emma, F. and Fuiano, L. Beltrame, G. Rollino, C. Amore, A. Camilla, R. Peruzzi, L. Praga, M. Feriozzi, S. Polci, R. and Segoloni, G. Colla, L. Pani, A. Piras, D. Angioi, A. and Cancarini, G. Ravera, S. Durlik, M. Moggia, E. Ballarin, J. Di Giulio, S. Pugliese, F. Serriello, I. Caliskan, Y. and Sever, M. Kilicaslan, I. Locatelli, F. Del Vecchio, L. and Wetzels, J. F. M. Peters, H. Berg, U. Carvalho, F. and da Costa Ferreira, A. C. Maggio, M. Wiecek, A. and Ots-Rosenberg, M. Magistroni, R. Topaloglu, R. Bilginer, Y. and D'Amico, M. Stangou, M. Giacchino, F. Goumenos, D. and Kalliakmani, P. Gerolymos, M. Galesic, K. Geddes, C. and Siamopoulos, K. Balafa, O. Galliani, M. Stratta, P. and Quaglia, M. Bergia, R. Cravero, R. Salvadori, M. Cirami, L. Fellstrorn, B. Smerud, H. Kloster Ferrario, F. and Stellato, T. Egido, J. Martin, C. Floege, J. Eitner, F. and Lupo, A. Bernich, P. Mene, R. Morosetti, M. van Kooten, C. Rabelink, T. Reinders, M. E. J. Boria Grinyo, J. M. Cusinato, S. Benozzi, L. Savoldi, S. Licata, C. and Mizerska-Wasiak, M. Martina, G. Messuerotti, A. Dal Canton, A. Esposito, C. Migotto, C. Triolo, G. Mariano, F. and Pozzi, C. Boero, R. Bellur, S. Mazzucco, G. Giannakakis, C. Honsova, E. Sundelin, B. Di Palma, A. M. Ferrario, F. and Gutierrez, E. Asunis, A. M. Barratt, J. Tardanico, R. and Perkowska-Ptasinska, A. Arce Terroba, J. Fortunato, M. and Pantzaki, A. Ozluk, Y. Steenbergen, E. Soderberg, M. and Riispere, Z. Furci, L. Orhan, D. Kipgen, D. Casartelli, D. Ljubanovic, D. Galesic Gakiopoulou, H. Bertoni, E. and Cannata Ortiz, P. Karkoszka, H. Groene, H. J. Stoppacciaro, A. Bajema, I. Bruijn, J. Fulladosa Oliveras, X. Maldyk, J. Loachim, E. Bavbek, N. Cook, T. Troyanov, S. and Alpers, C. Amore, A. Barratt, J. Berthoux, F. Bonsib, S. and Bruijn, J. D'Agati, V D'Amico, G. Emancipator, S. and Emmal, F. Ferrario, F. Fervenza, F. Florquin, S. Fogo, A. Geddes, C. Groene, H. Haas, M. Hill, P. Hogg, R. and Hsu, S. Hunley, T. Hladunewich Jennette, C. Joh, K. and Julian, B. Kawamura, T. Lai, F. Leung, C. Li, L. and Li, P. Liu, Z. Massat, A. Mackinnon, B. Mezzano, S. and Schena, F. Tomino, Y. Walker, P. Wang, H. Weening, J. and Yoshikawa, N. Zeng, Cai-Hong Shi, Sufang Nogi, C. and Suzuki, H. Koike, K. Hirano, K. Kawamura, T. Yokoo, T. and Hanai, M. Fukami, K. Takahashi, K. Yuzawa, Y. Niwa, M. Yasuda, Y. Maruyama, S. Ichikawa, D. Suzuki, T. and Shirai, S. Fukuda, A. Fujimoto, S. Trimarchi, H. Int IgA Nephropathy Network

Abstract

ImportanceAlthough IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common glomerulonephritis in the world, there is no validated tool to predict disease progression. This limits patient-specific risk stratification and treatment decisions, clinical trial recruitment, and biomarker validation. ObjectiveTo derive and externally validate a prediction model for disease progression in IgAN that can be applied at the time of kidney biopsy in multiple ethnic groups worldwide. Design, Setting, and ParticipantsWe derived and externally validated a prediction model using clinical and histologic risk factors that are readily available in clinical practice. Large, multi-ethnic cohorts of adults with biopsy-proven IgAN were included from Europe, North America, China, and Japan. Main Outcomes and MeasuresCox proportional hazards models were used to analyze the risk of a 50% decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) or end-stage kidney disease, and were evaluated using the R-D(2) measure, Akaike information criterion (AIC), C statistic, continuous net reclassification improvement (NRI), integrated discrimination improvement (IDI), and calibration plots. ResultsThe study included 3927 patients; mean age, 35.4 (interquartile range, 28.0-45.4) years; and 2173 (55.3%) were men. The following prediction models were created in a derivation cohort of 2781 patients: a clinical model that included eGFR, blood pressure, and proteinuria at biopsy; and 2 full models that also contained the MEST histologic score, age, medication use, and either racial/ethnic characteristics (white, Japanese, or Chinese) or no racial/ethnic characteristics, to allow application in other ethnic groups. Compared with the clinical model, the full models with and without race/ethnicity had better R-D(2) (26.3% and 25.3%, respectively, vs 20.3%) and AIC (6338 and 6379, respectively, vs 6485), significant increases in C statistic from 0.78 to 0.82 and 0.81, respectively (Delta C, 0.04; 95% CI, 0.03-0.04 and Delta C, 0.03; 95% CI, 0.02-0.03, respectively), and significant improvement in reclassification as assessed by the NRI (0.18; 95% CI, 0.07-0.29 and 0.51; 95% CI, 0.39-0.62, respectively) and IDI (0.07; 95% CI, 0.06-0.08 and 0.06; 95% CI, 0.05-0.06, respectively). External validation was performed in a cohort of 1146 patients. For both full models, the C statistics (0.82; 95% CI, 0.81-0.83 with race/ethnicity; 0.81; 95% CI, 0.80-0.82 without race/ethnicity) and R-D(2) (both 35.3%) were similar or better than in the validation cohort, with excellent calibration. Conclusions and RelevanceIn this study, the 2 full prediction models were shown to be accurate and validated methods for predicting disease progression and patient risk stratification in IgAN in multi-ethnic cohorts, with additional applications to clinical trial design and biomarker research.

Published
2019

26. REPORT SUI DATI RACCOLTI DURANTE LA GIORNATA MONDIALE DEL RENE IN ITALIA NEGLI ANNI 2015-2016- Report for the World Kidney Days in Italy 2015-2016

Author

Esposito, P, Battaglia, Yuri, Caramella, E, Russo, D, Balducci, A., Aucella, F, Avino, D, Borzumati, M, Botti, P, Brizzi, F, Castellino, S, Cuomo, V, Dagostino, F, De Simone, W, Di Loreto, P, Fiorini, F, Garibotto, G, Iulianiello, G, La Peccerella, L, Mancini, C, Mereu, Mc, Passaghe, M, Prati, E, Re, A, Rondanini, V, Pergamo, O, Simeoni, Ma, Storari, A, Carlini, A, Tedesco, A, Amato, M, Costantino, E, D'Alessandro, V, Montagna, E, Sozzo, E, Lomonte, C, Lisi, P, Parsi, R, Saffiotti, S, Santoro, D, Tira, P, Tosini, R, Gianni, S, Sessa, C, Scafarto, A, Chiarinotti, D, Boero, R, Buonfantino, A, D'Amaro, E, Lus, G, D'Alessandro, A, Cossu, M, Ballestri, M, Gasparro, V, and Vernaglione, L.

Subjects
World Kidney Day, Prevention, Hypertension, Urinalysis
Published
2017

27. Development and testing of an artificial intelligence tool for predicting end-stage kidney disease in patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy

Author

Schena, Francesco Paolo, Anelli, Vito Walter, Trotta, Joseph, Di Noia, Tommaso, Manno, Carlo, Tripepi, Giovanni, D’Arrigo, Graziella, Chesnaye, Nicholas C., Russo, Maria Luisa, Stangou, Maria, Papagianni, Aikaterini, Zoccali, Carmine, Tesar, Vladimir, Coppo, Rosanna, Tesar, V., Maixnerova, D., Lundberg, S., Gesualdo, L., Emma, F., Fuiano, L., Beltrame, G., Rollino, C., Coppo, R., Amore, A., Camilla, R., Peruzzi, L., Praga, M., Feriozzi, S., Polci, R., Segoloni, G., Colla, L., Pani, A., Angioi, A., Piras, L., Feehally, J., Cancarini, G., Ravera, S., Durlik, M., Moggia, E., Ballarin, J., Di Giulio, S., Pugliese, F., Serriello, I., Caliskan, Y., Sever, M., Kilicaslan, I., Locatelli, F., Del Vecchio, L., Wetzels, J.F.M., Peters, H., Berg, U., Carvalho, F., da Costa Ferreira, A.C., Maggio, M., Wiecek, A., Ots-Rosenberg, M., Magistroni, R., Topaloglu, R., Bilginer, Y., D’Amico, M., Stangou, M., Giacchino, F., Goumenos, D., Papasotiriou, M., Galesic, K., Toric, L., Geddes, C., Siamopoulos, K., Balafa, O., Galliani, M., Stratta, P., Quaglia, M., Bergia, R., Cravero, R., Salvadori, M., Cirami, L., Fellstrom, B., Smerud, H. Kloster, Ferrario, F., Stellato, T., Egido, J., Martin, C., Floege, J., Eitner, F., Rauen, T., Lupo, A., Bernich, P., Menè, P., Morosetti, M., van Kooten, C., Rabelink, T., Reinders, M.E.J., Grinyo, J.M. Boria, Cusinato, S., Benozzi, L., Savoldi, S., Licata, C., Mizerska-Wasiak, M., Roszkowska-Blaim, M., Martina, G., Messuerotti, A., Canton, A. Dal, Esposito, C., Migotto, C., Triolo, G., Mariano, F., Pozzi, C., Boero, R., Mazzucco, Giannakakis, C., Honsova, E., Sundelin, B., Di Palma, A.M., Ferrario, F., Gutiérrez, E., Asunis, A.M., Barratt, J., Tardanico, R., Perkowska-Ptasinska, A., Terroba, J. Arce, Fortunato, M., Pantzaki, A., Ozluk, Y., Steenbergen, E., Soderberg, M., Riispere, Z., Furci, L., Orhan, D., Kipgen, D., Casartelli, D., GalesicLjubanovic, D., Gakiopoulou, H., Bertoni, E., Ortiz, P. Cannata, Karkoszka, H., Groene, H.J., Stoppacciaro, A., Bajema, I., Bruijn, J., FulladosaOliveras, X., Maldyk, J., Ioachim, E., Abbrescia, Daniela, Kouri, Nikoleta, Stangou, Maria, Papagianni, Aikaterini, Scolari, Francesco, Delbarba, Elisa, Bonomini, Mario, Piscitani, Luca, Stallone, Giovanni, Infante, Barbara, Godeas, Giulia, Madio, Desiree, Biancone, Luigi, Campagna, Marco, Zaza, Gianluigi, Squarzoni, Isabella, and Cangemi, Concetta

Abstract

We have developed an artificial neural network prediction model for end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) in patients with primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) using a retrospective cohort of 948 patients with IgAN. Our tool is based on a two-step procedure of a classifier model that predicts ESKD, and a regression model that predicts development of ESKD over time. The classifier model showed a performance value of 0.82 (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve) in patients with a follow-up of five years, which improved to 0.89 at the ten-year follow-up. Both models had a higher recall rate, which indicated the practicality of the tool. The regression model showed a mean absolute error of 1.78 years and a root mean square error of 2.15 years. Testing in an independent cohort of 167patients with IgAN found successful results for 91% of the patients. Comparison of our system with other mathematical models showed the highest discriminant Harrell C index at five- and ten-years follow-up (81% and 86%, respectively), paralleling the lowest Akaike information criterion values (355.01 and 269.56, respectively). Moreover, our system was the best calibrated model indicating that the predicted and observed outcome probabilities did not significantly differ. Finally, the dynamic discrimination indexes of our artificial neural network, expressed as the weighted average of time-dependent areas under the curve calculated at one and two years, were 0.80 and 0.79, respectively. Similar results were observed over a 25-year follow-up period. Thus, our tool identified individuals who were at a high risk of developing ESKD due to IgAN and predicted the time-to-event endpoint. Accurate prediction is an important step toward introduction of a therapeutic strategy for improving clinical outcomes.

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2021
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28. Evidence from the large VALIGA cohort validates the subclassification of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in IgA nephropathy

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Bellur, Shubha S., Troyanov, Stéphan, Vorobyeva, Olga, Coppo, Rosanna, Roberts, Ian S.D., Coppo, R., Feehaly, J., Troyanov, S., Cattran, D.C., Cook, H.T., Roberts, I., Radcliffe, John, Russo, M.L., Tesar, V., Maixnerova, D., Lundberg, S., Gesualdo, L., Emma, F., Fuiano, L., Beltrame, G., Rollino, C., Amore, A., Camilla, R., Peruzzi, L., Praga, M., Feriozzi, S., Polci, R., Segoloni, G., Colla, L., Pani, A., Piras, D., Angioi, A., Cancarini, G., Ravera, S., Durlik, M., Moggia, E., Ballarin, J., Di Giulio, S., Pugliese, F., Serriello, I., Caliskan, Y., Sever, M., Kilicaslan, I., Locatelli, F., Del Vecchio, L., Wetzels, J.F.M., Peters, H., Berg, U., Carvalho, F., da Costa Ferreira, A.C., Maggio, M., Wiecek, A., Ots-Rosenberg, M., Magistroni, R., Topaloglu, R., Bilginer, Y., D’Amico, M., Papagianni, K., Stangou, M., Giacchino, F., Goumenos, D., Papasotirious, M., Kalliakmani, P., Gerolymos, M., Galesic, K., Toric, L., Geddes, C., Siamopoulos, K., Balafa, O., Galliani, M., Stratta, P., Quaglia, M., Bergia, R., Cravero, R., Salvadori, M., Cirami, L., Fellstrom, B., Kloster Smerud, H., Ferrario, F., Stellato, T., Egido, J., Martin, C., Floege, J., Eitner, F., Lupo, A., Bernich, P., Menè, P., Morosetti, M., van Kooten, C., Rabelink, T., Reinders, M.E.J., Boria Grinyo, J.M., Cusinato, S., Benozzi, L., Savoldi, S., Licata, C., Mizerska-Wasiak, M., Roszkowska-Blaim, M., Durlik, M., Hryszko, T., Klinger, M., Kamińska, D., Krajewska, M., Martina, G., Messuerotti, A., Dal Canton, A., Esposito, C., Migotto, C., Triolo, G., Mariano, F., Pozzi, C., Boero, R., Cambier, A., Bellur, S., Mazzucco, G., Giannakakis, C., Honsova, E., Sundelin, B., Di Palma, A.M., Ferrario, F., Diomedi-Casadei, F., Gutiérrez, E., Asunis, A.M., Barratt, J., Tardanico, R., Perkowska-Ptasinska, A., Arce Terroba, J., Fortunato, M., Pantzaki, A., Ozluk, Y., Steenbergen, E., Soderberg, M., Riispere, Z., Furci, L., Orhan, D., Kipgen, D., Casartelli, D., Galesic Ljubanovic, D., Gakiopoulou, H., Bertoni, E., Cannata Ortiz, P., Karkoszka, H., Groene, H.J., Stoppacciaro, A., Bajema, I., Bruijn, J., Fulladosa Oliveras, X., Maldyk, J., Ioachim, E., and Royal, V.

Abstract

Evidence from the Oxford IgA nephropathy (IgAN) cohort supports the clinical value of subclassifying focal segmental glomerulosclerosis lesions (S1). Using the larger Validation in IgA (VALIGA) study cohort, we investigated the association between podocytopathic changes and higher proteinuria, kidney outcome and response to immunosuppressive therapy. All biopsies were evaluated for glomeruli with segmental capillary occlusion by matrix (“not otherwise specified”, NOS lesion), simple capsular adhesion without capillary occlusion (Adh), tip lesions, and podocyte hypertrophy (PH). S1 required a NOS lesion and/or Adh. A Chi-Squared Automatic Interaction Detection method was used to identify subgroups of FSGS lesions associated with distinctive proteinuria at biopsy and assessed survival from a combined event (kidney failure or 50% decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate). Finally, we evaluated within each subgroup if immunosuppression was associated with a favorable outcome using propensity analysis. In 1147 patients, S1 was found in 70% of biopsies. Subclassification found NOS lesions in 44%, Adh in 59%, PH in 13%, and tip lesions in 3%, with much overlap. Four subgroups were identified with progressively higher proteinuria: from lowest, S1 without NOS, S1 with NOS but without Adh/PH, to highest, S1 with NOS and Adh but without PH, and S1 with NOS and PH. These four subgroups showed progressively worse kidney survival. Immunosuppression was associated with a better outcome only in the two highest proteinuria subgroups. Propensity analysis in these two groups, adjusted for clinical and pathological findings, found a significant time-dependent hazard of combined outcome with corticosteroids. Podocyte hypertrophy and glomeruli with simple adhesions appeared to reflect active lesions associated with a response to corticosteroids, while other S1 lesions defined chronicity. Thus, our findings support subclassifying S1 lesions in IgAN.

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2024
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30. Tonsillectomy in a European Cohort of 1,147 Patients with IgA Nephropathy

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Feehally, J, Coppo, R, Troyanov, S, Bellur, Ss, Cattran, D, Cook, T, Roberts, Is, Verhave, Jc, Camilla, R, Vergano, L, Egido, J, Wiecek, A, Karkoszka, H, Tesar, V, Maixnerova, D, Ots-Rosenberg, M, Quaglia, M, Rollino, C, Magistroni, R, Cusinato, S, Cravero, R, Peruzzi, L, Lundberg, S, Gesualdo, L, Cancarini, G, Feriozzi, S, Ferrario, F, Emma, F, Fuiano, L, Beltrame, G, Amore, A, Praga, M, Polci, R, Biancone, L, Colla, L, Pani, A, Angioi, A, Piras, D, Ravera, S, Durlik, M, Moggia, E, Ballarin, J, Di Giulio, S, Pierucci, A, Caliskan, Y, Sever, M, Kilicaslan, I, Locatelli, F, Del Vecchio, L, Wetzels, Jf, Peters, H, Berg, U, Carvalho, F, da Costa Ferreira AC, Maggio, M, Topaloglu, R, Bilginer, Y, D'Amico, M, Stangou, M, Giacchino, F, Goumenos, D, Kalliakmani, P, Gerolymos, M, Galesic, K, Geddes, C, Siamopoulos, K, Balafa, O, Galliani, M, Stratta, P, Bergia, R, Salvadori, M, Cirami, L, Fellstrom, B, Kloster Smerud, H, Stellato, T, Cleary, C, Floege, J, Rauen, T, Lupo, A, Bernich, P, Menè, P, Morosetti, M, van Kooten, C, Rabelink, T, Reinders, Me, Boria Grinyo JM, Benozzi, L, Savoldi, S, Licata, C, Mizerska-Wasiak, M, Roszkowska-Blaim, M, Martina, G, Messuerotti, A, Dal Canton, A, Esposito, C, Migotto, C, Triolo, G, Mariano, F, Pozzi, C, Di Palma AM, Boero, R, Mazzucco, G, Giannakakis, C, Honsova, E, Sundelin, B, Gutiérrez, E, Asunis, Am, Barratt, J, Tardanico, R, Perkowska-Ptasinska, A, Arce Terroba, J, Fortunato, M, Pantzaki, A, Ozluk, Y, Steenbergen, E, Soderberg, M, Riispere, Z, Furci, L, Orhan, D, Kipgen, D, Casartelli, D, Galesic Ljubanovic, D, Gakiopoulou, H, Bertoni, E, Cannata Ortiz, P, Groene, Hj, Stoppacciaro, A, Bajema, I, Bruijn, J, Fulladosa Oliveras, X, Maldyk, J, and Ioachim, E.

Subjects
Male, Physiology, medicine.medical_treatment, IgA nephropathy, Tonsillectomy, Risk factors, Progression of chronic renal failure, 030232 urology & nephrology, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, urologic and male genital diseases, Gastroenterology, Progression of chronic renal failure, Cohort Studies, Kidney Failure, Glomerulonephritis, 0302 clinical medicine, Ethnicity, Chronic, Proteinuria, medicine.diagnostic_test, Age Factors, IgA nephropathy, Middle Aged, Europe, Treatment Outcome, Nephrology, Cohort, Disease Progression, Female, Renal biopsy, medicine.symptom, Glomerular Filtration Rate, Cohort study, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Urology, Renal function, Ethnic Groups, Nephropathy, iga nephropathy, tonsillectomy, risk factors, progression of chronic renal failure, 03 medical and health sciences, Sex Factors, Physiology (medical), Internal medicine, Risk factors, Tonsillectomy, medicine, Humans, Follow-Up Studies, Glomerulonephritis, IGA, Kidney Failure, Chronic, Propensity Score, Retrospective Studies, IGA, business.industry, Retrospective cohort study, medicine.disease, Renal disorders Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 11], business
Abstract

Background: Tonsillectomy has been considered a treatment for IgA nephropathy (IgAN). It is aimed at removing a source of pathogens, reducing mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue and decreasing polymeric IgA synthesis. However, its beneficial effect is still controversial. In Asia, favorable outcomes have been claimed mostly in association with corticosteroids. In Europe, small, single-center uncontrolled studies have failed to show benefits. Methods: The European validation study of the Oxford classification of IgAN (VALIGA) collected data from 1,147 patients with IgAN over a follow-up of 4.7 years. We investigated the outcome of progression to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and/or 50% loss of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and the annual loss of eGFR in 61 patients who had had tonsillectomy. Results: Using the propensity score, which is a logistic regression model, we paired 41 patients with tonsillectomy and 41 without tonsillectomy with similar risk of progression (gender, age, race, mean blood pressure, proteinuria, eGFR at renal biopsy, previous treatments and Oxford MEST scores). No significant difference was found in the outcome. Moreover, we performed an additional propensity score pairing 17 patients who underwent tonsillectomy after the diagnosis of IgAN and 51 without tonsillectomy with similar risk of progression at renal biopsy and subsequent treatments. No significant difference was found in changes in proteinuria, or in the renal end point of 50% reduction in GFR and/or ESRD, or in the annual loss of eGFR. Conclusion: In the large VALIGA cohort of European subjects with IgAN, no significant correlation was found between tonsillectomy and renal function decline.

Published
2016

31. Excess dietary sodium and inadequate potassium intake by hypertensive patients in Italy: results of the MINISAL-SIIA study program

Author

Galletti, F, Agabiti Rosei, E, Bernini, G, Boero, R, Desideri, G, Fallo, F, Mallamaci, F, Morganti, A, Castellano, M, Nazzaro, P, Trimarco, B, Strazzullo, P, Campanozzi, A, Carcea, M, Donfrancesco, C, Galeone, D, Giampaoli, S, Iacoviello, L, Scalfi, L, Siani, A, Modesti, S, Parini, U, Pascale, C, Bosio, A, Cerrato, F, Pallisco, O, Massara, C, Veglio, Franco, Rabbia, F, Testa, E, Musso, N, Martino, S, Artom, A, Pirola, I, Parati, G, Lonati, Lm, Cuspidi, C, Sala, C, Rescaldani, M, Gidaro, B, Lonati, C, Grandi, A, Maresca, Am, Merletti, L, Garavelli, G, Pini, C, Crippa, M, Lazzari, F, Ronchi, E, Gaudio, G, Caló, La, Caielli, P, Rossi, G, Sechi, La, Marzano, L, Catena, C, Ungar, A, Giovannetti, R, Cipollini, F, Arcangeli, E, Borgheresi, P, Panichi, V, Rossi, E, Borghi, C, Veronesi, M, Biggi, A, Musiari, L, Montanari, A, Caiazza, A, Meschi, M, Sarzani, R, Giacchetti, G, Schillaci, G, Pucci, G, Ferri, C, Mezzetti, A, Rinaldi, Po, De Luca, N, Barbato, A, Fazio, V, D'Avino, M, Guglielmi, M, De Giorgi GA, Del Giudice, A, Belfiore, A, Barbiero, M, Murri, A, Nardecchia, A, De Pergola, G, Silvestris, F, Vinella, L, Leonardis, D, Malatino, L, Stancanelli, B, Cilia, C., Galletti, F, Agabiti-Rosei, E, Bernini, G, Boero, R, Desideri, G, Fallo, F, Mallamaci, F, Morganti, A, Castellano, M, Nazzaro, P, Trimarco, B, Strazzullo, P, Borghi, C, and Veronesi, M

Subjects
Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Potassium intake, Physiology, Potassium, Sodium, chemistry.chemical_element, Blood Pressure, Nutrition Policy, Young Adult, Dietary Sodium, Internal medicine, Internal Medicine, medicine, salt, Humans, Blood pressure, Diet, Hypertension, Aged, business.industry, hypertension, Potassium, Dietary, Sodium, Dietary, Anthropometry, Middle Aged, Endocrinology, chemistry, Italy, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
Abstract

INTRODUCTION:The aim of the study was to assess the age-specific, sex-specific, and region-specific average sodium and potassium intake and its association with anthropometric characteristics in a sample of the Italian adult hypertensive population. METHODS:A total of 1232 hypertensive patients were recruited consecutively by 47 centers recognized by the Italian Society of Hypertension. The enrolled participants were on stable antihypertensive treatment. Anthropometric indices, blood pressure, 24-h urinary sodium, and potassium excretion were measured and used as proxy for the average daily sodium and potassium intake. RESULTS:The average sodium intake was 172 mmol (or 10.1 g of salt/day) among men and 138 (or 8.1) among women, with no difference among geographical areas. Over 90% of men and 81% of women had a consumption higher than the recommended standard dietary intake of 5 g/day. The average potassium intake was 63 and 56 mmol, respectively in men and women, again without geographical differences, nearly 92% of men and 95% of women having an intake lower than the recommended intake (100 mmol/day or 3.9 g/day). There was a significant trend to a gradual decrease in sodium intake with age in both sexes (P

Published
2013

33. Cardiovascular Disease in Elderly Dialysis Patients

Author

Iadarola Gm, Boero R, Marco Formica, Giacomo Forneris, Francesco Quarello, Guido Martina, Giorgina Barbara Piccoli, Giulietta Beltrame, and F. Bonello

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, Internal medicine, Medicine, Disease, Dialysis patients, business, Cardiorenal disease
Published
2015

37. Excess dietary sodium and inadequate potassium intake by hypertensive patients in Italy

Author

Galletti, F, Agabiti-Rosei, E, Bernini, G, Boero, R, Desideri, G, Fallo, F, Mallamaci, F, Morganti, A, Castellano, M, Nazzaro, P, Trimarco, B, Strazzullo, P, Agabiti- Rosei, E, Campanozzi, A, Carcea, M, Donfrancesco, C, Galeone, D, Giampaoli, S, Iacoviello, L, Scalfi, L, Siani, A, Modesti, S, Parini, U, Pascale, C, Bosio, A, Cerrato, F, Pallisco, O, Massara, C, Veglio, F, Rabbia, F, Testa, E, Musso, N, Martino, S, Artom, A, Pirola, I, Parati, G, Lonati, L., Cuspidi, C, Sala, C, Rescaldani, M, Gidaro, B, Lonati, C, Grandi, A, Maresca, A, Merletti, L, Garavelli, G, Pini, C, Crippa, M, Lazzari, F, Ronchi, E, Gaudio, G, Caló, L, Caielli, P, Rossi, G, Sechi, La, Marzano, L, Catena, C, Ungar, A, Giovannetti, R, Cipollini, F, Arcangeli, E, Borgheresi, P, Panichi, V, Rossi, E, Borghi, C, Veronesi, M, Biggi, A, Musiari, L, Montanari, A, Caiazza, A, Meschi, M, Sarzani, R, Giacchetti, G, Schillaci, G, Pucci, G, Ferri, C, Mezzetti, A, Rinaldi, P., De Luca, N, Barbato, A, Fazio, V, D'Avino, M, Guglielmi, M, De Giorgi, Ga, Del Giudice, A, Belfiore, A, Barbiero, M, Murri, A, Nardecchia, A, De Pergola, G, Silvestris, F, Vinella, L, Leonardis, D, Malatino, L, Stancanelli, B, and Cilia, C.

Published
2014

38. Phosphate may promote CKD progression and attenuate renoprotective effect of ACE inhibition

Author

Zoccali, Carmine, Ruggenenti, Piero, Perna, Annalisa, Leonardis, Daniela, Tripepi, Rocco, Tripepi, Giovanni, Mallamaci, Francesca, Remuzzi, Giuseppe, 'REIN Study Group' including Remuzzi, G, Tognoni, G, Ruggenenti, P, Bossini, N, Viola, Bf, Scolari, F, Maiorca, R, Cofano, F, Fellin, G, D'Amico, G, Dissegna, D, Brendolan, A, La Greca, G, Feriozzi, A, Ancarani, E, Gandini, E, D'Amato, I, Giangrande, A, Giannico, G, Vitale, O, Manno, C, Schena, Fp, Mazzi, A, Garini, G, Borghetti, A, Pisoni, R, Mosconi, L, Bertani, T, Scanferla, F, Bazzato, G, Oliva, E, Zoccali, C, Toti, G, Sisca, S, Maggiore, Q, Pignone, E, Boero, R, Piccoli, Giorgina Barbara, Piperno, R, Rosati, A, Salvadori, M, Ene Iordache, B, Remuzzi, A, Perna, A, Benini, R, Tammuzzo, L, Gaspari, F, Arnoldi, F, Ciocca, I, Signorini, O, Ferrari, S, Gritti, D, Roggeri, A, Del Priore, L, Cattaneo, D, Stucchi, N, Migone, L, Marubini, E, Del Favero, A, Ideo, G, Geraci, E, and Loi, U.

Subjects
Ramipril, Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, 030232 urology & nephrology, Urology, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Aged, Disease Progression, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Phosphates, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic, Renin-Angiotensin System, Nephrology, Nephropathy, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, Renin–angiotensin system, medicine, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic, Risk factor, Ace inhibition, Creatinine, business.industry, Confounding, General Medicine, Phosphate, medicine.disease, 3. Good health, Endocrinology, chemistry, business, medicine.drug
Abstract

Phosphate may promote the onset and progression of chronic nephropathies. Here we evaluated the relationships between baseline serum phosphate levels, disease progression, and response to ACE inhibition in 331 patients with proteinuric nephropathies in the prospective Ramipril Efficacy In Nephropathy (REIN) trial. Independent of treatment, patients with phosphate levels in the highest two quartiles progressed significantly faster either to ESRD or to a composite endpoint of doubling of serum creatinine or ESRD compared with patients with phosphate levels below the median (P < 0.001). Results were similar when we analyzed phosphate as a continuous variable (P ≤ 0.004). The renoprotective effect of ramipril decreased as serum phosphate increased (P ≤ 0.008 for interaction); this modification of the treatment effect by phosphate persisted despite adjusting for potential confounders such as GFR and urinary protein. In summary, these data suggest that phosphate is an independent risk factor for progression of renal disease among patients with proteinuric CKD, and high levels of phosphate may even attenuate the renoprotective effect of ACE inhibitors. Future trials should test whether reducing serum phosphate improves renal outcomes and optimizes the renoprotective effect of ACE inhibition.

Published
2011

39. Phosphate may promote CKD progression and attenuate renoprotective effect of ACE inhibition

Author

Remuzzi, G, Tognoni, G, Ruggenenti, P, Bossini, N, Viola, Bf, Scolari, Francesco, Maiorca, Rosario, Cofano, F, Fellin, G, D'Amico, G, Dissegna, D, Brendolan, A, La Greca, G, Feriozzi, A, Ancarani, E, Gandini, E, D'Amato, I, Giangrande, A, Giannico, G, Vitale, O, Manno, C, Schena, Fp, Mazzi, A, Garini, G, Borghetti, A, Pisoni, R, Mosconi, L, Bertani, T, Scanferla, F, Bazzato, G, Oliva, E, Zoccali, C, Toti, G, Sisca, S, Maggiore, Q, Pignone, E, Boero, R, Piccoli, G, Piperno, R, Rosati, A, Salvadori, M, Ene Iordache, B, Remuzzi, A, Perna, A, Benini, R, Tammuzzo, L, Gaspari, F, Arnoldi, F, Ciocca, I, Signorini, O, Ferrari, S, Gritti, D, Roggeri, A, Del Priore, L, Cattaneo, D, Stucchi, N, Migone, L, Marubini, E, Del Favero, A, Ideo, G, Geraci, E, and Loi, U.

Subjects
ace inhibitors
Published
2011

50. A psoriasis vulgaris protective gene maps close to the HLA-C locus on the EH18.2-extended haplotype

Author

Carlo Carcassi, Donatella Valentini, Erika Giuressi, S Lai, Sandro Orru, Francesca Cottoni, Nicola Aste, P. Biggio, Maria Vittoria Masala, Luisa Cappai, Decio Cerimele, Boero R, M Mulargia, and Licinio Contu

Subjects
Adult, Male, Linkage disequilibrium, Adolescent, Immunology, Genes, MHC Class I, Locus (genetics), Human leukocyte antigen, HLA-C Antigens, Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Immunology and Allergy, Humans, Psoriasis, Allele, Child, Gene, Alleles, Aged, Gene map, Haplotype, Histocompatibility Antigens Class I, Chromosome Mapping, Infant, Proteins, General Medicine, Middle Aged, Haplotypes, Case-Control Studies, Child, Preschool, Microsatellite, Female, Microsatellite Repeats
Abstract

We determined the molecular haplotypes of the HLA-A, HLA-C and HLA-B loci and the MHC class I-B-related (MIB) microsatellite in 179 unrelated psoriatic patients (72 familial cases) and in 120 controls. The HLA-A * 3002-Cw * 0501-B * 1801-MIB1 haplotype showed a strong negative association with psoriasis vulgaris (PV) and in particular with familial PV, revealing the presence of a PV-protective gene. Analysis of association and linkage disequilibrium of the single alleles and the various two-three-four-locus segments of this haplotype indicated the presence of a protective gene telomeric to the HLA-C locus. This finding was confirmed in 13 informative multiplex PV families, in which at least one parent carried the EH18.2 haplotype. In two families, an affected sibling presented HLA-A/C recombination on the EH18.2 haplotype. A study of 12 polymorphic microsatellites in all members of the informative families, 145 PV patients, 120 controls and 32 EH18.2 homozygous healthy individuals demonstrated that the protection conferred by the EH18.2 haplotype lies within a 170 kb interval between the C143 and C244 loci, most probably in a 60 kb segment between the C132 and C244 loci.

Published
2004

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