Takashin Nakayama, Hidehiro Kaneko, Akira Okada, Yuta Suzuki, Katsuhito Fujiu, Norifumi Takeda, Hiroyuki Morita, Norihiko Takeda, Akira Fukui, Takashi Yokoo, Hideo Yasunaga, Masaomi Nangaku, Kaori Hayashi
BACKGROUND: There have been scarce epidemiological data on the relationship between inflammatory bowel disease and the incidence of Immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy. In this study, we assessed whether inflammatory bowel disease was associated with a higher risk of developing IgA nephropathy using a large-scale epidemiological cohort. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed 4,311,393 adults enrolled in the JMDC Claims Database (previously known as the Japan Medical Data Center database), a nationwide epidemiological database in Japan...
April 11, 2024: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology: CJASN