Dorota Marchel, Howard Trachtman, Maria Larkina, Margaret Helmuth, Jennifer Y Lai Yee, Damian Fermin, Andrew S Bomback, Pietro A Canetta, Debbie S Gipson, Amy K Mottl, Rulan S Parekh, Manish K Saha, Matthew G Sampson, Richard A Lafayette, Laura H Mariani
BACKGROUND: Hematuria is frequently present in podocytopathies, but its significance and prognostic value is not well described in these proteinuric kidney diseases. This study describes the prevalence and association between hematuria and kidney-related outcomes in these disorders. METHODS: Hematuria was assessed at the initial urinalysis in participants with the following podocytopathies, membranous nephropathy, minimal change disease, and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, in the Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network (NEPTUNE) and Cure Glomerulonephropathy (CureGN) cohorts with >24 months of follow-up...
September 21, 2023: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology: CJASN