HLA-B27 is a potential risk factor for posttransplantation diabetes mellitus in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease patients

HLA Alleles Cw12 and DQ4 in Kidney Transplant Recipients Are Independent Risk Factors for the Development of Posttransplantation Diabetes

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The association between specific HLA alleles and risk for posttransplantation diabetes (PTDM) in a contemporary and multiethnic kidney transplant recipient cohort is not clear.

Clinical Manifestation, Management and Prognosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease

BACKGROUND/AIMS

Cardiovascular complications are the most common cause of death in individuals with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), yet there is no substantial data concerning the clinical characteristics of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in this population. This study thus aimed to investigate AMI in persons with ADPKD.

METHODS

A retrospective analysis of ADPKD patients admitted to our hospital over a 13 year period was conducted. Age and gender-matched control patients without ADPKD were also selected at a ratio of 1: 10.

RESULTS

A total of 52 ADPKD and 520 non-ADPKD patients were enrolled in the present study, with those in the former group exhibiting significantly poorer kidney function. The distribution of AMI types differed significantly between these two groups. The incidence of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) was higher (75.0%) and the incidence of non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) was lower (25.0%) in the ADPKD group. At the onset of AMI, sudden cardiac death (SCD) was more common in ADPKD patients (11.5% vs. 4.6%). In terms of risk factors, the occurrence of hypertension was greater in ADPKD patients (78.8% vs. 39.6%). With regard to subsequent management, ADPKD patients had a higher prevalence of triple-branch coronary lesions (21.1% vs. 11.2%), undergoing more coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) (7.7% vs. 5.4%) and fewer percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) (73.1% vs. 84.6%). Overall, ADPKD patients had higher rates of mortality (13.5% vs. 6.2%).

CONCLUSION

ADPKD patients with AMI suffer from more severe conditions and difficult therapies, resulting in a poorer prognosis.

New onset diabetes after kidney transplantation in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: systematic review protocol

INTRODUCTION

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common inherited kidney disorder with numerous cysts developing in bilateral kidneys. Meanwhile, ADPKD can also be regarded as a systemic disease because the cystic and non-cystic abnormalities could be identified in multiple organs in patients with ADPKD. Several lines of evidence suggest the risk of post-transplant diabetes mellitus or new-onset diabetes after transplantation (NODAT) is higher in patients with ADPKD compared with non-ADPKD renal recipients, but the available results are conflicting. We describe the protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis for investigating the risk of NODAT in patients with ADPKD.

METHODS AND ANALYSIS

PubMed, EMBASE and The Cochrane Library will be searched. Cohort studies irrespective of language and publication status, comparing the incidence of NODAT in renal recipients with ADPKD and other kidney disease will be eligible. We will assess heterogeneity among studies. Along with 95% CIs, dichotomous data will be summarised as risk ratios; numbers needed to treat/harm and continuous data will be given as standard mean differences. Excluding outliers and testing small sample size studies if our results are robust, sensitivity analysis will be carried out.

ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION

Ethical approval is not required because this study includes no confidential personal data or patient interventions. The review findings will be helpful in designing and implementing future studies and will be of interest to a wide range of readers, including healthcare professionals, researchers, health service managers and policymakers. The systematic review will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and disseminated electronically and in print.

TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER

The study protocol has been registered in PROSPERO (http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/) under registration number CRD42014009677.