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Table 3 Similar data from some of the published primary glomerulonephritis studies generated from international data

From: Epidemiological features of primary glomerular disease in Turkey: a multicenter study by the Turkish Society of Nephrology Glomerular Diseases Working Group

Country

All PGD Patients(%)

Patients with nephrotic syndrome

Biopsy indication (%)

1st

2nd

3rd

1st

2nd

3rd

Nephrotic syndrome

AUA

Turkey (TSN-GOLD 2014) [5]

MN (28.8%)

FSGS (19.3%)

IgAN (17.2%)

MN (43.2%)

FSGS (19.7%)

MCD (10.3%)

57.8

10.8

Turkey (TSN-GOLD 2019)a

IgAN (25.7%)

MN (25.6%)

FSGS (21.9%)

MN (39.8%)

FSGS (25.2%)

MCD (11.0%)

52

18

France [23]b

IgAN (29.7%)

MN (19.0%)

CGN (16.8%)

–

–

–

  

Italy [24]

IgAN (43.5%)

MN (23.4%)

FSGS (13.1%)

MN (44.1%)

FSGS (16.9%)

MCD (16.7%)

45

51

Spain [25]c

–

–

–

MN

MCD

FSGS

35

25

England [26]

IgAN (38.8%)

MN (29.4%)

MCD (9.8%)

–

–

–

  

Czech Republic [27]c

IgAN (34.5%)

MCD (12.5%)

Mes.PGN(%11.3)

IgAN**

MN

FSGS

42

37

Lithuania [28]

IgAN(34%)

FSGS (13.2%)

MPGN (12.5%)

–

–

–

  

Japan [29]

IgAN (~  50%)

–

–

MCD (40%)

MN (35.6%)

FSGS (13%)

16.5

48d

South Korea [30]

IgAN (38.2%)

MCD

MN

MCD (38.5%)

MN (25.7%)

IgAN (11.1%)

  

China [31]

IgAN (45.2%)

Mes. PGD (25.6%)

MN (9.9%)

–

–

–

  

Brazil £ [32]

FSGS (29.7%)

MN (20.7%)

IgAN (17.8%)

–

–

–

41.5

27.2

U.S.A. [18, 33]e

FSGS

IgAN

MN

FSGS

MN

MCD

  

Taiwan [34]

IgAN (26%)

FSGS (21.6%)

MN (20.6%)

MN (28.8%)

MCD (28.2%)

FSGS (24.8%)

  

Colombia [11]f

IgAN (22.6%)

FSGS (20.1%)

MN (14.9%)

     

Poland [12]

IgAN (51.2%)

MPGN (19.3)

MN (11.2%)

MN

FSGS

IgAN

  
  1. Abbreviations: AUA Asymptomatic urinary abnormalities, CGN crescentic glomerulonephritis, FSGS Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, IgAN IgA nephropathy, MCD minimal change disease, Mes.PGN Mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis (non-IgA), MN membranous nephropathy, MPGN membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, PGD primary glomerular disease, TSN-GOLD Turkish Society of Nephrology Glomerular Diseases
  2. a Current study; b cumulative data of different age and periods, c including pediatrics cases, d This percentage was presented as the percentage of nephritic syndrome, but asymptomatic urinary abnormalities seem to be involved also. e These results are the combination of two different studies [9, 10], f including secondary cases