BACKGROUND: This study describes the incidence and outcomes of European patients requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) for kidney failure due to antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV). STUDY DESIGN: Cohort study. SETTING & PARTICIPANTS: 12 renal registries providing individual RRT patient data to the European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA) Registry in 1993-2012 participated. PREDICTOR: Cause of primary kidney disease: AAV (ie, granulomatosis with polyangiitis [Wegener] and microscopic polyangiitis) versus 3 separate matched control groups without AAV: (1) primary glomerulonephritis, (2) diabetes mellitus, and (3) disease other than diabetes mellitus as the cause of primary kidney disease, including glomerulonephritis (termed "nondiabetes"). OUTCOMES: Incidence, causes of death, and survival. MEASUREMENTS: ERA-EDTA primary renal disease codes. RESULTS: 2,511 patients with AAV (1,755, granulomatosis with polyangiitis; 756, microscopic polyangiitis) were identified, representing an incidence of 1.05 per million population (pmp) for granulomatosis with polyangiitis (predominating in Northern Europe) and 0.45 pmp for microscopic polyangiitis (prevailing in Southern Europe). Kidney transplantation was performed in 558 (22.2%) patients with vasculitis. The 10-year probability for survival on RRT after day 91 was 32.5% (95% CI, 29.9%-35.1%) in patients with vasculitis. Survival on RRT after day 91 did not differ between AAV and matched nondiabetes patients. Patient and transplant survival after kidney transplantation, adjusted for time period and country, was better in AAV than in matched nondiabetes patients (HRs of 0.81 [95% CI, 0.67-0.99] and 0.82 [95% CI, 0.69-0.96], respectively). LIMITATIONS: No data for extrarenal manifestations, treatment, and relapses. CONCLUSIONS: Geographical differences in the incidence of RRT for kidney failure due to granulomatosis with polyangiitis and microscopic polyangiitis copied their distribution in the general population. Overall survival on RRT after day 91 for patients with AAV was similar to that for patients with nondiabetes diagnoses. Our results suggest that patients with AAV are suitable candidates for kidney transplantation with favorable survival outcomes.
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- chronické selhání ledvin diagnóza mortalita terapie MeSH
- dialýza ledvin metody mortalita MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- granulomatóza s polyangiitidou diagnóza mortalita terapie MeSH
- Kaplanův-Meierův odhad MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mikroskopická polyangiitida diagnóza mortalita terapie MeSH
- míra přežití MeSH
- přežití po terapii bez příznaků nemoci MeSH
- příčina smrti MeSH
- prognóza MeSH
- progrese nemoci MeSH
- proporcionální rizikové modely MeSH
- registrace * MeSH
- společnosti lékařské MeSH
- studie případů a kontrol MeSH
- stupeň závažnosti nemoci MeSH
- transplantace ledvin metody mortalita MeSH
- vyšetření funkce ledvin MeSH
- Check Tag
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- hodnotící studie MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Evropa MeSH
