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. 2021 May 8;16(5):685–693. doi: 10.2215/CJN.16281020

Table 3.

Published studies on kidney histopathology analysis in coronavirus disease 2019

Histopathological Findings Study
Akilesh et al. (19) Bradley et al. (15) Bryce et al. (unpublished observations) Golmai et al. (8) Hanley et al. (24) Kudose et al. (21) Nasr et al. (20) Remmelink et al. (14) Santoriello et al. (11) Sharma et al. (22) Su et al. (9)
Country USA USA USA USA UK USA USA Belgium USA USA China
Sample Biopsies Autopsies Autopsies Biopsies Autopsies Biopsies Biopsies Autopsies Autopsies Biopsies Autopsies
N 17 14 25 12 9 17 13 17 42 10 26
Age, yr 54 (34–77) 73 (67–77) 69 (34–94) 75 (57–77) 73 (52–79) 54 (22–72) 52 72 (62–77) 71 (38–97) 66 (60–69) 69 (39–87)
Hypertension, % 82 71 63 75 40 65 85 59 73 70 55
Diabetes, % 29 36 40 33 20 18 46 53 42 30 15
CKD, % NA 57 27 8 10 NA 44 NA 29 0 10
AKI, % 88 43 NA 100 NA 88 100 82 94 100 35
FSGS, % 65 7 0 NA 0 35 62 NA 3 10 8
Diabetic nephropathy, % 12 21 8 8 0 NA 23 NA 17 10 8
Arteriosclerosis, % NA 79 NA 83 83 50 77 NA 85 80 69
ATI, % 82 79 24 100 100 71 100 NA 62 100 100
GN, % 18 NA 0 0 0 71 31 NA NA 10 0
TMA, % 35 NA 0 0 17 NA 0 0 14 20 12

USA, United States; UK, United Kingdom; N, number; NA, not available; ATI, acute tubular injury; TMA, thrombotic microangiopathy.