Disease-specific incident glomerulonephritis displays geographic clustering in under-serviced rural areas of British Columbia, Canada

There is little known about geographic variability in the incidence of glomerular disease and its potential implications for care delivery. To evaluate this, we performed a population-level cohort study using a provincial renal pathology database (2000-2012) to capture all incident cases of glomerulonephritis in British Columbia, Canada. This included 401 patients with membranous nephropathy (MN), 824 patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN), 385 patients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), 397 patients with lupus nephritis (LN) and 399 patients with ANCA-related glomerulonephritis (ANCA-GN).

Source: Kidney International - March 13, 2019 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Mark Canney, Dilshani Induruwage, Lawrence C. McCandless, Heather N. Reich, Sean J. Barbour Tags: Clinical Investigation Source Type: research