Patient age and the prognosis of idiopathic membranous nephropathy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN) is increasingly seen in older patients. However, differences in disease presentation and outcomes between older and younger IMN patients remain controversial. We compared patient characteristics between younger and older IMN patients.

Methods

We recruited 171 Japanese patients with IMN, including 90 (52.6%) patients <65 years old, 40 (23.4%) patients 65-70 years, and 41 (24.0%) patients ≥ 71 years. Clinical characteristics and outcomes were compared between younger and older IMN patients.

Results

During a median observation period of 37 months, 103 (60.2%) patients achieved complete proteinuria remission, which was not significantly associated with patient age (P = 0.831). However, 13 (7.6%) patients were hospitalized

SUBMITTER: Yamaguchi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4203783 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature