Epidemiology of biopsy-proven glomerular diseases in Chinese children: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Glomerular disease is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease globally. No scoping review reports have focused on China's spectrum of glomerular diseases in children. This study aimed to systematically identify and describe retrospective studies on pediatric glomerular disease based on available data on sex, age, study period, and region.

Methods

Six databases were systematically searched for relevant studies from initiation to December 2021 in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Global Health Library, Wangfang Database, and CNKI.

Results

Thirty-four studies were identified in the scoping review, including 40,430 patients with biopsy-proven diagnoses. The proportion of boys was significantly higher than that of girls. In this study, 28,280 (70%) cases were

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9676133 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature