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Table 1 Description of demographic parameters (age, gender and ethnicity) of the study cohort, n = 347

From: Clinical course & management of childhood nephrotic syndrome in Germany: a large epidemiological ESPED study

Primary nephrotic syndrome (PNS)

326

Secondary nephrotic syndrome (SNS)

19

Missing information

2

Male

222

Female

125

Gender ratio

1.8:1

Mean age

5.5 ± SD 3.7 years

Steroid sensitive nephrotic syndrome

282 (Mean age = 5.5 years)

Steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome

51 (Mean age = 6.1 years)

No steroid therapy

12

Ethnicity

 

German (PNS/SNS)

215/14

Non-German

109/4

Missing information

4

Origins

 

Turkish

36

Russian

8

Others

69