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- Jarrick, Simon, 1977-
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Immunoglobulin A nephropathy and disease complications : register-based studies
- 2023
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is the commonest primary glomerular disease worldwide. A kidney biopsy is required for the diagnosis. IgA immune-complex depositions sets off a cascade leading to renal scarring, proteinuria and hypertension. Peaking in young adults, IgAN contributes significantly to the burden of chronic kidney disease, which in turn may lead to cardiovascular disease and death. As IgAN peaks in childbearing age, its effect on pregnancy outcomes is of interest. All studies use the same cohort of 4126 patients with a biopsy diagnosis of IgAN, identified through the combination of computerized andmanual search in biopsy reports from all Swedish kidney pathology labs. In study I, a random subset of 127 patients from the biopsy cohort were selected for diagnosis validation by patient chart review. IgAN was confirmed or likely in 121 cases (positive predictive value > 95 %). Mean age at diagnosis was 39.6 years, 74 % were male. Study II compared mortality in IgAN patients and an individuallymatched reference population by survival analysis. IgAN was associated with an increase of 53 % in all-cause and 59 % in cardiovascular mortality, with an absolute excess death rate of in 310 person years. Mortality before end-stage renal disease was not significantly increased.Study III used a similar design to examine incident fatal and non-fatal ischemic heart disease (IHD) in IgAN patients and the same reference populations. We found an 86 % increase in IHD hazard and an absolute excess IHD risk of one per 340 person-years. In study IV, outcomes of 327 pregnancies in 208 women with IgAN were compared to reference pregnancies without IgAN, indicating increased odds of preterm birth < 37 weeks gestation, but not for very preterm birth < 34 weeks. Preeclampsia odds were quadrupled. Stillbirth and neonatal death were both uncommon and not increased in IgAN.
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- Jarrick, Simon, 1977-, et al.
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Immunoglobulin A nephropathy and ischemic heart disease : a nationwide population-based cohort study
- 2021
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Ingår i: BMC Nephrology. - : BioMed Central (BMC). - 1471-2369. ; 22:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease has been linked to cardiovascular disease and specifically ischemic heart disease (IHD), but large-scale population data in patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) are missing.OBJECTIVE: To examine absolute and relative risks for IHD in patients with IgAN.METHODS: Population-based register-based cohort study in Sweden. We identified 3945 patients with biopsy-verified IgAN, and 19,272 age- and sex-matched reference individuals from the general population. To reduce residual confounding from genetic factors and early environmental factors we carried out secondary analyses, where we compared 3039 IgAN patients with 6729 siblings, whereas a spousal analysis consisted of 2377 married couples where one of the spouses had IgAN. Data on IHD and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) were retrieved from the nationwide Patient Register. Cox regression estimated hazard ratios (HRs) adjusted for matching variables, education, country of birth, cancer, diabetes mellitus, and other systemic inflammatory diseases.RESULTS: During a follow-up of 55,527 person-years (py; mean follow-up 14.1 years), 371 patients (9.4%) with IgAN developed IHD (6.7/1000 py), compared with 1070 (5.6%) in 287,677 py in reference individuals (3.7/1000 py). The corresponding adjusted HR was 1.86 (95%CI = 1.63-2.13), equivalent to one extra case of IHD per 34 IgAN patients followed-up for 10 years. HRs were similar in men and women with IgAN, but higher in the first year after diagnosis and in patients born outside the Nordic countries. Patients with IgAN were at increased risk of IHD also compared to siblings (HR = 2.07; 95%CI = 1.62-2-64) and spouses (HR = 1.91; 95%CI = 1.40-2.61).CONCLUSIONS: In this nationwide population-based study, patients with IgAN were at an 86% increased risk of future IHD.
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- Jarrick, Simon, 1977-, et al.
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Pregnancy outcomes in women with immunoglobulin A nephropathy : a nationwide population-based cohort study
- 2021
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Ingår i: JN. Journal of Nephrology. - : Springer. - 1121-8428 .- 1724-6059. ; 34:5, s. 1591-1598
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) incidence peaks in childbearing age. Data on pregnancy outcomes in women with IgAN are limited.METHODS: We performed a register-based cohort study in a nationwide cohort of women with biopsy-verified IgAN in Sweden, comparing 327 pregnancies in 208 women with biopsy-verified IgAN and 1060 pregnancies in a matched reference population of 622 women without IgAN, with secondary comparisons with sisters to IgAN women. Adverse pregnancy outcomes, identified by way of the Swedish Medical Birth Register, were compared through multivariable logistic regression and presented as adjusted odds ratios (aORs). Main outcome was preterm birth (< 37 weeks). Secondary outcomes were preeclampsia, small for gestational age (SGA), low 5-min Apgar score (< 7), fetal or infant loss, cesarean section, and gestational diabetes.RESULTS: We found that IgAN was associated with an increased risk of preterm birth (13.1% vs 5.6%; aOR = 2.69; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.52-4.77), preeclampsia (13.8% vs 4.2%; aOR = 4.29; 95%CI = 2.42-7.62), SGA birth (16.0% vs 11.1%; aOR = 1.84; 95%CI = 1.17-2.88), and cesarean section (23.9% vs 16.2%; aOR = 1.74, 95%CI = 1.14-2.65). Absolute risks were low for intrauterine (0.6%) or neonatal (0%) death and for low 5-min Apgar score (1.5%), and did not differ from the reference population. Sibling comparisons suggested increased risks of preterm birth, preeclampsia, and SGA in IgAN, but not of cesarean section.CONCLUSION: We conclude that although most women with IgAN will have a favorable pregnancy outcome, they are at higher risk of preterm birth, preeclampsia and SGA. Intensified supervision during pregnancy is warranted.
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- Rehnberg, Johanna, 1982-, et al.
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is More Common in Patients with IgA Nephropathy and Predicts Progression of ESKD : A Swedish Population-Based Cohort Study
- 2021
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Ingår i: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. - : American Society of Nephrology. - 1046-6673 .- 1533-3450. ; 32:2, s. 411-423
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: Case reports suggest an association between inflammatory bowel disease, a chronic autoimmune condition linked to increased circulating IgA levels, and IgA nephropathy, the most common form of primary GN and a leading cause of ESKD.METHODS: In a Swedish population-based cohort study, we compared 3963 biopsy-verified IgA nephropathy patients with 19,978 matched controls between 1974 and 2011, following up participants until 2015. Inflammatory bowel disease data and ESKD status were obtained through national medical registers. We applied Cox regression to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) for future inflammatory bowel disease in IgA nephropathy and conditional logistic regression to assess risk of earlier inflammatory bowel disease in IgA nephropathy. We also explored whether inflammatory bowel disease affects development of ESKD in IgA nephropathy.RESULTS: During a median follow-up of 12.6 years, 196 (4.95%) patients with IgA nephropathy and 330 (1.65%) matched controls developed inflammatory bowel disease (adjusted HR, 3.29; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 2.73 to 3.96). Inflammatory bowel disease also was more common before a confirmed IgA nephropathy diagnosis. Some 103 (2.53%) IgA nephropathy patients had an earlier inflammatory bowel disease diagnosis compared with 220 (1.09%) controls (odds ratio [OR], 2.37; 95% CI, 1.87 to 3.01). Both logistic regression (OR, 2.60; 95% CI, 2.02 to 3.35) and time-varying Cox regression (HR, 1.84; 95% CI, 1.33 to 2.55) demonstrated that inflammatory bowel disease was associated with increased ESKD risk in patients with IgA nephropathy.CONCLUSIONS: Patients with IgA nephropathy have an increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease both before and after their nephropathy diagnosis. In addition, among patients with IgA nephropathy, comorbid inflammatory bowel disease elevates the risk of progression to ESKD.
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