The Relative Frequency, Clinical and Laboratory Findings of Adult Glomerulonephritidies in Tehran

Ren al diseases informati on is population-based and ha s grea t geographic va riability . due to the lack ofnational renal data reg ist ry system, there is no informatio n on the prevalence rate, and clinical and laboratory features ofvari ou s glomerul on eph ritidi es (gns) in iran .methods: in a retrospecti ve cross sec tiona l study, we analyzed 46 2 adult renal biopsies in hashemi nejad ho sp ital,teh ran , iran. we determ ined the prevalence rate and the frequency of di fferent clinical and laborato ry find ing s inpatients with d ifferent gns. we als o compared our results wit h the reports from other co un tries.results: th ere we re 267(57.8%) males and 195(4 2.2%) females. the mean ag e (± sd) was 33 .6 ± 15.7 (range, 13-75)yea rs old. after exclus ion of 55 bio psies wi th path ologies othe r tha n gns and in the rem aining 407 biopsies,membranou s gl ornerulopath y (mg n) was the most common gn (23 .6%), followed by igan ( 13.5%),membran oprol iferative gn ( 11.5%), systemic lupus nephritis ( 10.6%), foeal segme ntal glomerulos clerosis ( 10.3%), andminimal change dise ase (9.8%). th ese 6 gns comprised the majority (79 .4%) ofal! gns.conclusion: mgn is the most eo rn rnon form of gn, followed by igan, mpgn, sle-gn , fsgs and mcd in adultpati ent s in ou r s tudy. th e multi-center stud ies with a larger sample s ize are needed for more comprehen sive data iniranian popul ation