There are eight (0.4 %) missing values of CKD stage because of inappropriate data for serum creatinine With regard to the stages of CKD in patients with IgAN, stage 2 was predominant in the combined data from 2009 and 2010 (Table 18) and in both genders (Tables S2 and S3). The degree Caspase inhibitor of proteinuria in the 24-h urine or spot urine samples increased with the progression of CKD stages in the combined data from 2009 and 2010 (Table 18) and in both genders (Tables S2 and S3). The systolic and diastolic blood pressure also increased with the progression of the CKD stage (Tables 18,

S2, S3). Overall, 37.0 % of IgAN cases were being treated with anti-hypertensive agents and 4.6 % had diabetes mellitus (Table 18). Cases in the J-KDR not reported in the J-RBR In cases in the J-KDR not reported in the J-RBR, a clinical diagnosis of chronic nephritic syndrome was predominant in 2009, followed by hypertensive nephropathy, and a clinical diagnosis of renal disorder with metabolic disease (diabetic nephropathy) was predominant in 2010, followed Selleckchem HDAC inhibitor by nephrotic syndrome (Table 19). Polycystic kidney disease was detected in 2010 as a result of the secondary research studies performed on the basis of the J-KDR as described in the

“Subjects and methods” section. Table 19 The frequency of classification of clinical diagnoses in other 680 cases than J-RBR in J-KDR 2009 and 2010 Classification Other cases 2009 (n = 680) Other cases 2010 (n = 575) Total (n = 1,255) n % n % n % Chronic nephritic syndrome 165 24.3

72 12.5 237 18.9 Hypertensive nephropathy 142 20.9 43 7.5 185 14.7 Renal disorder with metabolic diglyceride disease 106 15.6 177 30.8 283 22.5 Nephrotic syndrome 86 12.6 118 20.5 204 16.3 Renal disorder with collagen disease or vasculitis 24 3.5 7 1.2 31 2.5 Rapidly progressive nephritic syndrome 21 3.1 18 3.1 39 3.1 Inherited renal disease 18 2.6 3 0.5 21 1.7 Acute renal failure 9 1.3 10 1.7 19 1.5 Recurrent or persistent hematuria 8 1.2 0 – 8 0.6 Acute nephritic syndrome 5 0.7 4 0.7 9 0.7 Drug-induced nephropathy 5 0.7 0 – 5 0.4 Renal transplantation 2 0.3 9 1.6 11 0.9 Polycystic kidney disease – – 82 14.3 82 6.5 Others 89 13.1 32 5.6 121 9.6 Total 680 100.0 575 100.0 1,255 100.0 Secondary and longitudinal research by the J-RBR/J-KDR Five of the secondary and longitudinal research studies, viz., the JNSCS, J-IDCS, J-IGACS, JRPGN-CS, and JDNCS, were started in 2009, and the J-PKD was started in 2010 in association with the J-RBR/J-KDR. Discussion and comments In 2009, the J-KDR started to register clinically-diagnosed cases without renal biopsies, in addition to cases with renal biopsies included in the J-RBR, which had been started in 2007. More than 80 % of the registered cases were in the J-RBR in 2009 and 2010, and thus the detailed data from the J-RBR and the clinical diagnosis alone for the J-KDR are described in this report.