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The prognostic value of the HIR score was externally validated using plasma proteomics from the United Kingdom Biobank.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Five core hypoxic injury pathways in DKD were identified: Hypoxia, Autophagy, Ferroptosis, Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) Stress, and Apoptosis. The HIR risk score was constructed based on three hub genes: CASP3, DUSP1, and ZFP36. The HIR score demonstrated high diagnostic efficiency for DKD patients. Higher HIR scores were associated with significantly infiltrated immune cells and poorer kidney function. In United Kingdom Biobank validation, the HIR score significantly improved the prediction of kidney outcomes, renal death, and secondary endpoints beyond demographic and metabolic variables (AUC increments 0.04\u20130.06), and correlated negatively with eGFR and positively with lipoprotein(a). 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