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. 2022 Jan 29;15(7):1361–1372. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfac033

Table 1.

Primary histopathological diagnoses of adult kidney biopsies in Flanders

Primary histopathological diagnosis N % Incidence rate (p.m.p./year)
Glomerular 1119 54.5 70.4
IgA nephropathy 357 17.4 22.5
FSGS 185 9.0 11.6
ANCA-associated vasculitis and pauci-immune glomerulonephritis 150 7.3 9.4
Membranous nephropathy 113 5.5 7.1
Lupus nephritis 85 4.1 5.3
MCD 69 3.4 4.3
Glomerulopathy, NOS 45 2.2 2.8
Infection-related immune-complex GN 38 1.9 2.4
Alport syndrome/thin membrane disease 29 1.4 1.8
Anti-GBM nephritis 11 0.5 0.7
C3 glomerulopathy 10 0.5 0.6
Cryoglobulinemic GN 8 0.4 0.5
Monoclonal immunoglobulin-associated glomerulopathy 8 0.4 0.5
FSGS/MCD 7 0.3 0.4
Nonamyloid deposition glomerulopathy 4 0.2 0.3
Tubulointerstitial 376 18.3 23.7
Tubulointerstitial nephritis 187 9.1 11.8
ATN 137 6.7 8.6
Tubulointerstitial pathology, NOS 18 0.9 1.1
Monoclonal immunoglobulin-associated tubular disease 17 0.8 1.1
Crystal/cylinder deposition 16 0.8 1.0
Chronic pyelonephritis 1 <0.1 0.1
Vascular 173 8.4 10.9
Nephrosclerosis 119 5.8 7.5
Thrombotic microangiopathy 48 2.3 3.0
Cholesterol emboli 4 0.2 0.3
Vasculitis without glomerulonephritis 1 <0.1 0.1
Kidney infarction 1 <0.1 0.1
All/any compartment(s) 248 12.1 15.6
Diabetic kidney disease 138 6.7 8.7
Amyloidosis 69 3.4 4.3
Nonamyloid monoclonal deposition disease 17 0.8 1.1
End-stage kidney disease 7 0.3 0.4
Medication-induced nephropathy 7 0.3 0.4
Idiopathic nodular glomerulosclerosis 5 0.2 0.3
Congenital/hereditary syndromes 4 0.2 0.3
Storage disease 1 <0.1 0.1
No kidney disease/no diagnosis/tumour 138 6.7 8.7
No diagnosis 101 4.9 6.4
Normal 33 1.6 2.1
Tumour 4 0.2 0.3
Total 2054 100.0 129.3

The primary histopathological diagnoses (FCGG level 1) are categorized per kidney tissue compartment (FCGG level 2). The bold values are the 4 main categories and bold numbers represent the sums of the values of the different subcategories listed below.

Anti-GBM nephritis: anti-glomerular basement membrane nephritis; FSGS/MCD: focal segmental glomerulosclerosis or minimal change disease, subdivision not possible; NOS: not otherwise specified; GN: glomerulonephritis.