Hematuria in IgAN: Marker, Mediator, or Both?
Hiroki Nishiwaki · 2026
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Hiroki Nishiwaki wrote a 2026 commentary on blood in the urine as a warning sign in a kidney disease called IgA nephropathy. Blood in the urine is one of the disease's most typical features, yet doctors have argued for decades about whether it predicts worsening. The commentary discusses a study of 1,771 patients with biopsy-proven disease.
That study found that blood in the urine at the start did not predict decline. But blood that stayed high over time did raise the risk of a poor kidney outcome. The analysis used methods suited to measures that change over time. Nishiwaki argues the work reframes the sign as a moving risk marker worth tracking.
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| CREATOR | Hiroki Nishiwaki |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 5721 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |