Table 2 Comparison of gender, cause of referral, history of UTI, and VUR between children with right-sided and left-sided absent kidney
Variables | Absent kidney N (%) | Total N (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Right (N = 116) | Left (N = 83) | ||
Gender | |||
Male | 70 (60.3) | 48 (57.8) | 118 (59.3) |
Female | 46 (39.7) | 35 (42.2) | 81 (60.7) |
Cause of referral | |||
UTI | 4 (3.4) | 7 (8.4) | 11 (5.5) |
Abnormal RUS | 52 (44.8) | 28 (33.7) | 80 (40.2) |
Symptomatic | 16 (13.8) | 12 (14.5) | 28 (14.1) |
Incidental screening | 27 (23.3) | 19 (22.9) | 46 (23.1) |
Unknown | 17 (14.7) | 17 (20.5) | 34 (17.1) |
History of UTI | |||
Yes | 26 (22.4) | 16 (19.3) | 42 (21.1) |
No | 88 (75.9) | 64 (77.1) | 152 (76.4) |
Unknown | 2 (1.7) | 3 (3.6) | 5 (2.5) |
VUR | |||
Yes | 32 (27.6) | 14 (16.9) | 46 (23.1) |
No | 60 (51.7) | 43 (51.8) | 103 (51.8) |
Consanguineous parents | |||
Yes | 16 (13.8) | 13 (16.7) | 29 (14.6) |
No | 64 (55.2) | 43 (51.8) | 107 (53.8) |
Unknown | 36 (31) | 27 (31.5) | 63 (31.6) |
Family history of solitary kidney | |||
Yes | 2 (1.7) | 4 (4.8) | 6 (3) |
No | 10 (8.6) | 16 (19.3) | 26 (13.1) |
Unknown | 104 (89.7) | 63 (75.9) | 167 (83.9) |
DMSA scan | |||
Scarred kidney | 16 (13.8) | 10 (12) | 26 (13.1) |
Normal kidney | 99 (85.3) | 71 (85.5) | 170 (85.4) |
Proteinuria | |||
Yes | 6 (5.2) | 7 (8.4) | 13 (6.5) |
No | 58 (50) | 42 (50.6) | 100 (50.3) |
Hematuria | |||
Yes | 2 (1.7) | 1 (1.2) | 3 (1.5) |
No | 77 (66.4) | 56 (67.5) | 133 (66.8) |
Outcome | |||
CKD | 17 | ||
rUTI | 6 | ||
Normal kidney function | 164 | ||
Lost to follow-up | 20 | ||