Whether Renal Pathology Is an Independent Predictor for End-Stage Renal Disease in Diabetic Kidney Disease Patients with Nephrotic Range Proteinuria: A Biopsy-Based Study.
Tingli WangJunlin ZhangYiting WangLijun ZhaoYucheng WuHonghong RenYutong ZouRui ZhangHuan XuZhong-Lin ChaiMark E CooperJie ZhangFang LiuPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)
In patients with diabetic kidney disease characterized by nephrotic range proteinuria, histopathological damage (glomerular alterations, interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy (IFTA), interstitial inflammation, and arteriolar hyalinosis) is not associated with poor renal outcomes, but hemoglobin and e-GFR could predict poor renal outcomes.