Cho H, Yoo J, Kim H, Jang H, Kim Y, Chae H. Diagnostic Characteristics of Urinary Red Blood Cell Distribution Incorporated in UF-5000 for Differentiation of Glomerular and Non-Glomerular Hematuria.
Ann Lab Med 2022;
42:160-168. [PMID:
34635609 PMCID:
PMC8548254 DOI:
10.3343/alm.2022.42.2.160]
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Abstract
Background
Automated urine sediment analysis has been developed to address the limitations of microscopic examination of dysmorphic red blood cells (RBCs). We evaluated the urinary RBC distribution (URD) parameter of a recently launched automated urinary flow cytometry analyzer, UF-5000 (Sysmex, Kobe, Japan), to differentiate glomerular hematuria (GH) from non-GH (NGH).
Methods
Samples submitted for urine sediment analysis from patients with hematuria (>20 RBCs/μL) were divided into derivation (N=156; 101 GH, 55 NGH) and validation cohorts (N=107; 60 GH, 47 NGH). The clinical diagnosis of GH or NGH was established based on clinical data review. Differences in UF-5000 parameters (URD, small RBC, lysed RBC, RBC-P70FSC, RBC-SF-FSC-W, mean forward-scattered light, and mean side-scattered light) between GH and NGH, and areas under the ROC curves (AUC) were analyzed in the derivation cohort. The derived ideal cut-off value was evaluated in the validation cohort. We applied the Kitasato criteria to compare the diagnostic performance.
Results
URD (%), differed significantly between GH and NGH (P<0.001) in the two cohorts. The AUC of URD was 0.814 and 0.806 in the derivation and validation cohorts, respectively. Using a cut-off of >20.1%, the sensitivity was 99.0%/89.4% and the specificity was 50.9%/63.3% in the derivation/validation cohort. When the Kitasato criteria were applied, the sensitivity and specificity were 80.2% and 52.7%, respectively.
Conclusions
URD is a rapid, objective, and quantitative measure that can be used to differentiate GH and NGH.
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