Socioeconomic Position and Incidence of Glomerular Diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Social deprivation is a recognized risk factor for undifferentiated CKD; however, its association with glomerular disease is less well understood. We sought to investigate the relationship between socioeconomic position and the population-level incidence of biopsy-proven glomerular diseases.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

In this retrospective cohort study, a provincial kidney pathology database (2000-2012) was used to capture all incident cases of membranous nephropathy (n=392), IgA nephropathy (n=818), FSGS (n=375), ANCA-related GN (ANCA-GN, n=387), and lupus nephritis (n=389) in British Columbia, Canada. Quintiles of area-level household income were used as a proxy for socioeconomic position, acco

SUBMITTER: Canney M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7057310 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature