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. 2011 Sep;6(9):2132–2140. doi: 10.2215/CJN.07100810

Table 2.

Causes of CKD in the CKiD cohort (n = 586)

Glomerular Diagnosis n = 129 (22%) % (n) Nonglomerular Diagnosis n = 457 (78%) % (n)
Focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis 33% (42) Obstructive uropathy 26% (118)
Hemolytic uremic syndrome 22% (28) Aplastic/hypoplastic/dysplastic kidneys 23% (105)
Systemic immunologic disease 9% (12) Reflux nephropathy 19% (87)
Familial nephritis 7% (9) Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease 4% (19)
IgA nephropathy 5% (7) Renal infarct 4% (18)
Chronic glomerulonephritis 5% (7) Syndrome of agenesis of abdominal musculature 2% (11)
Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type I 3% (4) Pyelo/interstitial nephritis 2% (9)
Idiopathic crescentic glomerulonephritis 2% (3) Cystinosis 2% (9)
Membranous nephropathy 2% (3) Oxalosis 2% (7)
Henoch Schonlein purpura 2% (3) Medullary cystic disease 1% (6)
Congenital nephrotic syndrome 2% (2) Wilm's tumor 1% (4)
Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type II 2% (2) Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease <1% (2)
Other 5% (7) Other 14% (62)

CKD, chronic kidney disease; CKiD, Chronic Kidney Disease in Children study.