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Table 4 Projected age specific incidence rates (ASIR) for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis with increasing numbers of biopsy diagnoses

From: Effects of bodybuilding supplements on the kidney: A population-based incidence study of biopsy pathology and clinical characteristics among middle eastern men

Diagnosis

Biopsies 9 yrs

Annual average

Pop at risk

ASIR

95% CI

FSGS steroid users

2

0.22

6500

3.4

−1.3 to 8.1

3

0.33

6500

5.1

−0.7 to 10.8

4

0.44

6500

6.8

0.1 to 13.4

5

0.56

6500

8.6

1.1 to 16.2

6

0.67

6500

10.3

2.1 to 18.6

7

0.78

6500

12.0

3.1 to 20.9

FSGS gen population

22.5

1,100,000

2.0

1.2 to 2.8

  1. Rates are for anabolic steroid using bodybuilders are compared with FSGS rates in the male general population of Kurdistan of Iraq aged 15 to 39 years for the years 2012–2013. ASIR is calculated per 100,000 males