Epidemiology of native kidney disease in Flanders: results from the FCGG kidney biopsy registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Flemish Collaborative Glomerulonephritis Group (FCGG) registry is the first population-based native kidney biopsy registry in Flanders, Belgium. In this first analysis, we report on patient demographics, frequency distribution and incidence rate of biopsied kidney disease in adults in Flanders.

Methods

From January 2017 to December 2019, a total of 2054 adult first native kidney biopsies were included. A 'double diagnostic coding' strategy was used, in which every biopsy sample received a histopathological and final clinical diagnosis. Frequency distribution and incidence rate of both diagnoses were reported and compared with other European registries.

Results

The median age at biopsy was 61.1 years (interquartile range, 46.1-71.7); male patients were m

SUBMITTER: Laurens W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9217646 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature