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Percentage of female patients in recent prospective studies. The percentage of study participants with renal scarring in the Randomized Intervention for Children with Vesicoureteral Reflux (RIVUR) study was 10%. Comparison of our data with other similar recent studies shows that the number of patients with scarring in each study correlated (r=−0.7) with the number of females included in the study. REF# indicates number in the reference list for the study.
