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Table 5 International Comparison of Distribution of Primary glomerulonephritis

From: Distribution of glomerular diseases in Taiwan: preliminary report of National Renal Biopsy Registry–publication on behalf of Taiwan Society of Nephrology

Country

Author

Year

Number of biopsies

IgA (%)

MCD (%)

FSGS (%)

MGN (%)

MsPGN (%)

EnPGN (%)

Others (%)

China

Zhou (7)

1993–2007

3331

54

11

3

15

11

6

Japan

Sugiyama (17)

2009–2010

4132

53

15

6

14

6

1

5

Korea

Chang (9)

1987–2006

1346

38

21

8

17

1

5

11

Singapore

Woo (6)

1998–2008

786

40

19

15

11

7

8

Thailand

Kanjanabuch (16)

2001–2004

506

31

25

13

31

Australia

Briganti (13)

1995–1997

1147

49

6

21

15

3

6

USA

Sundaraman (11)

1994–2003

195

25

5

20

10

12

8

20

Italy

Schena (12)

1987–1993

8287

35

8

12

21

25

India

Narasimhan (19)

1986–2002

3845

12

16

24

14

34

Saudi Arabia

Mitwalli (15)

1994–1999

127

10

9

35

4

25

16

2

Taiwan

Current study

2013–2015

616

26

18

22

21

3

2

9

  1. MCD minimal change disease, FSGS focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, MGN membranous nephropathy, MsPGN non-IgA mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis, EnPGN endocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis