Table 2.
Etiology of kidney diseases stratified by presence or absence of eosinophilia
| Primary Diagnosis | No Eosinophilia n = 113 |
Peripheral Eosinophilia n = 65 |
|---|---|---|
| Interstitial nephritis | 5 (4) | 18 (28) |
| Diabetic nephropathy | 14 (12) | 9 (14) |
| Hypertensive arteriosclerosis | 7 (6) | 4 (6) |
| Primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis | 19 (17) | 3 (5) |
| Membranous nephropathy | 3 (3) | 5 (8) |
| Membranoproliferative glomerulosclerosis | 14 (12) | 5 (8) |
| Lupus nephritis | 10 (9) | 2 (3) |
| ANCA vasculitis | 11 (10) | 5 (8) |
| Acute tubular injury | 6 (5) | 8 (12) |
| T cell/Antibody-mediated rejection | 7 (6) | 1 (2) |
| Amyloid | 3 (3) | 0 |
| Thrombotic microangiopathy | 4 (4) | 1 (2) |
| Scleroderma | 2 (2) | 1 (2) |
| IgA nephropathy | 1 (1) | 1 (2) |
| Othera | 7 (6) | 2 (3) |
Displayed as n (%)
ANCA defined as antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody
aOther defined as minimal change disease, oxalate nephropathy, Alports disease, IgG Kappa nephropathy, calcineurin toxicity, thin basement membrane, post-infectious glomerulonephritis