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Thus, we conducted clinical research study with large sample size and long-term follow-up to clarify the relationship between SRCs and renal dysfunction.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A total of 571 SRCs patients in outpatients of nephrology department were included, we investigated the clinical characteristics of growth SRCs compared with non-growth SRCs, evaluated the incidence of renal dysfunction in SRCs and explored the risk factors of renal dysfunction in growth SRCs.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The mean baseline age was 51.31\u2009\u00b1\u200914.37\u00a0years in the whole cohort, ranging from 19 to 79\u00a0years, and 57.6% of them were male. The median follow-up duration was 3\u00a0years, ranging from 1 to 10\u00a0years. In addition, the final maximum diameter increased 1\u00a0mm (2.74%) per year. Patients in growth SRCs group tented to have higher percentage of hypertension, hematuria, large cyst and multiple cysts compared with non-growth SRCs group. The prevalence of renal dysfunction was 15.6% after the follow-up, and the prevalence of renal dysfunction was about 10 times higher in growth SRCs group than non-growth SRCs group (23.3% vs<jats:italic>.<\/jats:italic> 2.4%). Renal dysfunction was significantly associated with age, female, total cholesterol, diastolic blood pressure, final maximum diameter and yearly change in maximum diameter in growth SRCs.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>SRCs were closely related to the decline of renal function, we recommend close follow-up for growth SRCs.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s11255-021-03065-5","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,22]],"date-time":"2021-11-22T08:05:32Z","timestamp":1637568332000},"page":"1733-1740","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Prevalence, risk factors and clinical characteristics of renal dysfunction in Chinese outpatients with growth simple renal cysts"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"54","author":[{"given":"Qiaoru","family":"Wu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chunhua","family":"Ju","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Miaowen","family":"Deng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiaolong","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7461-6383","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zhongda","family":"Jin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,22]]},"reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"3065_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"137","DOI":"10.1007\/s40620-020-00842-w","volume":"34","author":"G Deferrari","year":"2021","unstructured":"Deferrari G, Cipriani A, La Porta E (2021) Renal dysfunction in cardiovascular diseases and its consequences. 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