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  • Title: Small Red Blood Cell Fraction on the UF-1000i Urine Analyzer as a Screening Tool to Detect Dysmorphic Red Blood Cells for Diagnosing Glomerulonephritis.
    Author: Kim H, Kim YO, Kim Y, Suh JS, Cho EJ, Lee HK.
    Journal: Ann Lab Med; 2019 May; 39(3):271-277. PubMed ID: 30623619.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Dysmorphic red blood cells (dRBCs) are first-line biomarkers for detecting glomerulonephritis (GN) in patients with hematuria. The UF-1000i system (Sysmex, Kobe, Japan), based on flow cytometry, provides small red blood cell (RBC) values (UF-1000i [UF]-%sRBCs). We evaluated the clinical application of UF-%sRBCs for detecting %dRBCs and GN. METHODS: Urine samples of 103 patients (47 with GN; 56 without GN [NGN]) were analyzed using UF-1000i urinalysis, phase-contrast microscopy (PCM), and urine chemistry. Serum creatinine (mg/dL), serum albumin (g/dL), serum protein (mg/dL), urine protein (mg/dL), and urea nitrogen (mg/dL) levels were measured using an automated chemical analyzer. To determine the cut-off level of predicting GN, ROC curve was analyzed. RESULTS: UF-%sRBCs, %dRBCs, urine protein, serum creatinine, and estimated-glomerular filtration rate differed between the GN and NGN groups, with the greatest differences detected for UF-%sRBCs and %dRBCs (P<0.0001). In ROC curve analysis, urine protein had the highest area under the curve (0.828), followed by %dRBCs (0.771) and UF-%sRBCs (0.745). To screen for GN, the best cut-off values of UF-%sRBCs and %dRBCs were >40.5% and >6.7%, respectively. %dRBCs (P=0.0001) and UF-%sRBCs (P=0.0006) differed between the GN and NGN groups in patients with isolated hematuria but without proteinuria. CONCLUSIONS: UF-%sRBCs had similar diagnostic power to %dRBCs determined by PCM for identifying patients with GN. UF-%sRBCs may be more useful for diagnosing GN in patients with isolated hematuria. Predicting %dRBCs using UF-1000i will provide information on possible GN in patients presenting with asymptomatic hematuria.
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