Abstract
Background
Fractional tubular reabsorption of phosphate (TRP) has been used for over 60 years to establish the existence of renal phosphate loss. It is a parameter of corrected volume per decilitre of glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Later, a mass parameter per dl GFR called TP/GFR (tubular PO4 reabsorption per dl GFR) was devised which some authors have sought to substitute for TRP. The aim of the present work is to attempt to demonstrate that TRP and TP/GFR are similar parameters and, in certain aspects, TRP is more effective for diagnosis.
Methods
Data were gathered on the metabolism of phosphate corresponding to a group of healthy children without hypophosphatemia (n = 47), a group of patients with idiopathic hypercalciuria (n = 27), and ten patients diagnosed with X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH). The TRP, the TP/GFR, and the percent tubular reabsorption of phosphate were calculated.
Results
All the patients with XLH presented TRP values lower than 95 ml/dl GFR and of TP/GFR equal to or lower than 2.8 mg/dl GFR. In the total sample, a direct correlation was observed between TRP and TP/GFR (r = 0.65; p = 0.01). The TRP and the percent tubular reabsorption of phosphate values were the same in the three groups (r = 1; p = 0.01).
Conclusions
TRP and TP/GFR are similar parameters. TRP is more effective than TP/GFR given that in renal hypophosphatemia it is always below 95% and above 95% in reduced phosphatemia and normal kidney proximal tubular function. There is no solid reason for using TP/GFR rather than TRP.
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García-Nieto, V.M., González-Rodríguez, J.D., Cabrera-Sevilla, J.E. et al. Reflections on TRP and TP/GFR in the definition of renal phosphate loss: conceptual review. Pediatr Nephrol 38, 3845–3848 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-023-05941-x
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