High Steroid Sensitivity among Children with Nephrotic Syndrome in Southwestern Nigeria

Table 2

Steroid responsiveness of nephrotic syndrome across Nigeria.

Authors/year of publication	Region of Nigeria	Total No (mean/median age) years	SSNS, N (%)
F. U. Eke and N. N. Eke (1994) [6]	Port-Harcourt, south-south	102 (—)	23 (22.5)
Ibadin and Abiodun (1998) [7]	Benin, south-south	58 (8.2±0.5)	30 (51.7)
Asinobi et al. (1999) [8]	Ibadan, south-west	41 (—)	3 (8.0)
Okoro and Okafor (1999) [9]	Enugu, south-east	346 (5–7)	104 (30)
*Adedoyin et al. (2001) [16]	Ilorin, north-central	17 (8.8)	3 (17.6)
Ibadin and Ofovwe (2003) [18]	Benin, south-south	51 (5)	35 (68.6)
Asinobi et al. (2005) [15]	Ibadan, south-west	20 (4.0)	12 (60)
^χAnochie et al. (2006) [14]	Port-Harcourt, south-south	20 (5.8±3.8)	16 (80)
^χOlowu et al. (2010) [17]	Ile-Ife, south-west	42 (9.95±3.15)	19 (45.2)
Current study	Lagos, south-west	108 (6.6±4.2/5.9)	72 (75.9); ^χ72 (82.8)

Note: *8 defaulted, ^χidiopathic nephrotic syndrome only, (—) data not given.