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Background Interstitial fibrosis/tubular atrophy (T) score is a known determinant of the progression of immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN). Strong evidence indicates that the components of the coagulation system closely linked with fibrotic events have been highlighted in the kidney. However, whether the coagulation system can affect the renal outcome of IgAN remains unclear. Herein, we investigated the association of coagulation parameters and pathological phenotype of IgAN and their combined effects on the deterioration of renal function. Methods This retrospective study included N = 291 patients with biopsy-proven IgAN from May 2009 to April 2013 in the Second Xiangya Hospital. Clinical data, pathological features were collected, and the associations of coagulation parameters at biopsy, T score, and renal outcome were evaluated. T score indicated the degree of tubular atrophy or interstitial fibrosis. The renal outcome was defined as an end-stage renal disease (ESRD) or an irreversible 50% estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) reduction. Results Shorter prothrombin time (PT) and the activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) were significantly associated with T (both p < 0.001). PT (< 11.15 s) or APTT (< 29.65 s) had worse cumulative survival rate (p = 0.008, p = 0.027 respectively) and were significantly but not independently associated with a higher risk of renal outcome (p = 0.012, p = 0.032 respectively). In the combined analyses of PT, APTT, and T lesions, the odd ratios for the outcome were significantly higher in the presence of T with PT (< 11.15 s) or APTT (< 29.65 s). Conclusion Shorter PT and APTT are associated with an increased incidence of the T lesion and are additional factors that portend a poorer prognosis in IgAN. Monitoring coagulation function might be important when assessing the risk of progression. Additional studies exploring the molecular mechanism between coagulation and IgAN pathology are needed.

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the renal outcomes, including the time course of renal function, after elective PCI in patients with advanced renal dysfunction and to assess the predictors of renal dysfunction progression. This is a subanalysis of a previous observational multicenter study that investigated long-term clinical outcomes in patients with advanced renal dysfunction (eGFR < 30 mL/min/1.73 m(2)), focusing on 151 patients who underwent elective PCI and their long-term renal outcomes. Renal dysfunction progression was defined as a 20% relative decrease in eGFR at 1 year from baseline or the initiation of permanent dialysis within 1 year. Progression of renal dysfunction at 1 year occurred in 42 patients (34.1%). Among patients with renal dysfunction progression, the decrease of renal function from baseline was not observed at 1 month but after 6 months of the index PCI. Baseline eGFR and serum albumin level were significant predictors of renal dysfunction progression at 1 year. Among 111 patients who had not been initiated on dialysis within 1 year, those with renal dysfunction progression had a significantly higher incidence of dialysis initiation more than 1 year after the index PCI than those with preserved renal function (p < 0.001). Among patients with advanced renal dysfunction who underwent elective PCI, 34.1% showed renal dysfunction progression at 1 year. The decrease in renal function was not observed at 1 month but after 6 months of the index PCI in patients with renal dysfunction progression. Furthermore, patients with renal dysfunction progression had poorer long-term renal outcomes.