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Table 2 Causes of end-stage renal disease

From: Optimal and continuous anaemia control in a cohort of dialysis patients in Switzerland

Primary Renal Diagnosis

n (%)

Glomerulonephritis

78 (22.3)

Diabetic nephropathy

75 (21.3)

Hypertension/vascular nephropathy

74 (21.1)

Pyelonephritis/interstitial nephritis

61 (17.4)

Polycystic kidney disease

27 (7.7)

Unclear/Multifactorial

13 (3.7)

Miscellaneous causes

11 (3.1)

Malignancies

9 (2.6)

Missing

12 (3.4)

  1. Patients could be recorded with more than one primary diagnosis.