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. 1999 Jan 9;353(9147):103-7.
doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(98)03495-3.

Comparison of phenotypes of polycystic kidney disease types 1 and 2. European PKD1-PKD2 Study Group

N Hateboer  1 , M A v Dijk, N Bogdanova, E Coto, A K Saggar-Malik, J L San Millan, R Torra, M Breuning, D Ravine
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Comparison of phenotypes of polycystic kidney disease types 1 and 2. European PKD1-PKD2 Study Group

N Hateboer et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

Background: Although autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease type 2 (PKD2) is known to have a milder clinical phenotype than PKD1, neither disorder has been compared with an unaffected control population in terms of survival. We report the findings of a multicentre survey that aimed to define more precisely the survival and clinical expression of PKD1 and PKD2.

Methods: Clinical data from 333 people with PKD1 (31 families) were compared with data from 291 people with PKD2 (31 families) and 398 geographically matched controls. Survival analysis was used to compare age-at-event data. Differences in the prevalence of complications were assessed by logistic regression.

Findings: Median age at death or onset of end-stage renal disease was 53.0 years (95% CI 51.2-54.8) in individuals with PKD1, 69.1 years (66.9-71.3) in those with PKD2, and 78.0 years (73.8-82.2) in controls. Women with PKD2 had a significantly longer median survival than men (71.0 [67.4-74.8] vs 67.3 [64.9-69.7] years), but no sex influence was apparent in PKD1. Age at presentation with kidney failure was later in PKD2 than in PKD1 (median age 74.0 [67.2-80.8] vs 54.3 [52.7-55.9] years). PKD2 patients were less likely to have hypertension (odds ratio 0.25 [95% CI 0.15-0.42]), a history of urinary-tract infection (0.50 [0.31-0.83]), or haematuria (0.59 [0.35-0.98]).

Interpretation: Although PKD2 is clinically milder than PKD1, it has a deleterious impact on overall life expectancy and cannot be regarded as a benign disorder.

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