Blaithin A McMahon1,2, Mohamad Hanouneh1, Alice Chedid1, Derek M Fine1, Teresa K Chen1, Matthew Foy3, Gregory M Lucas4, Michelle M Estrella5, Mohamed G Atta1. 1. Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. 2. Division of Nephrology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC. 3. Department of Internal Medicine in Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA. 4. Division of Infectious Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. 5. Division of Nephrology, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: In the era of combined antiretroviral therapy, classic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is the most common histopathological finding in African American HIV-positive patients with kidney disease. We sought to determine whether HIV suppression is associated with lower risk of progression to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) among HIV-positive African Americans with biopsy-confirmed classic FSGS. METHODS: HIV-positive African Americans who underwent kidney biopsies at a single tertiary hospital between January 1996 and June 2011 were confirmed as having classic FSGS by the presence of segmental glomerulosclerosis without features of HIV-associated nephropathy. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards models were used to examine the independent association of viral suppression (HIV-RNA < 400 copies per milliliter at biopsy) with time to progression to ESRD. RESULTS: Of the 55 HIV-positive African Americans with classic FSGS, 26 had suppressed viral loads at the time of biopsy. Compared to viremic patients, those who were virally suppressed had a significantly higher mean CD4 cell count (452 vs. 260 cell/mm, respectively; P = 0.02) and median estimated glomerular filtration rate (53.5 vs 35.5 mL/min/1.73 m, respectively; P = 0.002). Adjusting for sex and baseline CD4 cell count, estimated glomerular filtration rate, and proteinuria, those with HIV-RNA levels <400 copies per milliliter at baseline had a 75% lower risk of progressing to ESRD (hazard ratio = 0.25; 95% CI: 0.07 to 0.88) during a median follow-up time of 2.70 years (interquartile range: 0.80-5.15 years). CONCLUSIONS: HIV suppression is associated with significantly lower risk of progression to ESRD among HIV-infected African Americans with classic FSGS, supporting the potential role of combined antiretroviral therapy for this histopathology in addition to HIV-associated nephropathy among HIV-positive individuals.
BACKGROUND: In the era of combined antiretroviral therapy, classic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is the most common histopathological finding in African American HIV-positive patients with kidney disease. We sought to determine whether HIV suppression is associated with lower risk of progression to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) among HIV-positive African Americans with biopsy-confirmed classic FSGS. METHODS: HIV-positive African Americans who underwent kidney biopsies at a single tertiary hospital between January 1996 and June 2011 were confirmed as having classic FSGS by the presence of segmental glomerulosclerosis without features of HIV-associated nephropathy. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards models were used to examine the independent association of viral suppression (HIV-RNA < 400 copies per milliliter at biopsy) with time to progression to ESRD. RESULTS: Of the 55 HIV-positive African Americans with classic FSGS, 26 had suppressed viral loads at the time of biopsy. Compared to viremic patients, those who were virally suppressed had a significantly higher mean CD4 cell count (452 vs. 260 cell/mm, respectively; P = 0.02) and median estimated glomerular filtration rate (53.5 vs 35.5 mL/min/1.73 m, respectively; P = 0.002). Adjusting for sex and baseline CD4 cell count, estimated glomerular filtration rate, and proteinuria, those with HIV-RNA levels <400 copies per milliliter at baseline had a 75% lower risk of progressing to ESRD (hazard ratio = 0.25; 95% CI: 0.07 to 0.88) during a median follow-up time of 2.70 years (interquartile range: 0.80-5.15 years). CONCLUSIONS: HIV suppression is associated with significantly lower risk of progression to ESRD among HIV-infected African Americans with classic FSGS, supporting the potential role of combined antiretroviral therapy for this histopathology in addition to HIV-associated nephropathy among HIV-positive individuals.
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