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Table 1 Clinical and demographic data

From: The spectrum of biopsy-proven glomerular diseases in a tertiary Hospital in Southern Brazil

 

N(%)

Total

1051

Age

44.9 ± 16.1a

Sex (M/F)

 Male

495(47.1)

 Female

556(52.9)

Ethnicity

 Caucasian

899(85.5)

 Afro-descendant

148(14.9)

 Amerindian

4.0(0.4)

Clinical syndromesb

 proteinuria

205(21.5)

 haematuria

10(1)

 proteinuria and haematuria

194(20.4)

 nephrotic syndrome

366(38.4)

 nephritic syndrome

160(16.8)

 nephritic and nephrotic syndrome

18(1.9)

Loss of renal functionc

616(63.7)

Systemic arterial hypertensiond

588(83.3)

Diabetes mellituse

182(26.3)

Renal biopsy by executor

 Nephrology department

538(51.2)

 Radiology department

513(48.8)

Total number of glomeruli on OM

15 ± 9.5

IFTA percentage

 Without fibrosis

132(14.3)

  < 25%

413(44.7)

 25-50%

280(30.3)

  > 50%

98(10.6)

Non-representative biopsies

29(2.8)

  1. OM optical microscopy, IFTA interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy
  2. amean ± standard deviation
  3. bN = 953
  4. cN = 967
  5. dN = 706
  6. eN = 693