Research Article

Clinical, Paraclinical, and Evolutionary Profiles of Kidney Failure in Gold Miners Hospitalized in a Nephrological Service in a Sub-Saharan African Country

Table 1

Frequency of sociodemographic characteristics of 50 gold miner patients with kidney failure.

Sociodemographic variablen (%)

Age
 <20 years3 (6)
 20–30 years28 (56)
 30–40 years14 (28)
 ≥40 years5 (10)
Origin
 Rural43 (86)
 Urban7 (14)
Professional activity
 Nothing but gold mining29 (58)
 Other activity21 (42)

Agriculture (16 cases), small business (3 cases), and carpentry (2 cases).