Table 1.
Clinical data of 18 African American children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome
Clinical parameters | Value |
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Age onset in years; median (range) | 7.2 (0–14.5) |
Gender (male; female) | 10; 8 |
Family history of kidney disease (%) | 0/18 |
Renal biopsy (%) | 18/18 (100%) |
FSGS (%) | 13/18 (72.2%) |
MCD (%) | 5/18 (27.8%) |
ESRD (%) | 6/18 (33.3%) |
Renal transplantation (% of ESRD patients) | 2/6 (33.3%) |
Recurrence after renal transplantation (%) | 2/2 (100%) |
Consanguinity (%) | 1/18 (5.6%) |
ESRD end-stage renal disease, FSGS focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, MCD minimal-change disease