Research Article
Common Glomerular Diseases in Adult Jordanians: A Single-Center Experience
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the studied patients with comparison in their features between male and female patients.
| | Overall (n = 106) | Male (n = 49) | Female (n = 57) | |
| Age (years) | 34 ± 12.7 | 35.02 ± 11.3 | 33.14 ± 13.8 | | Creatinine (umol/L) | 198 ± 232 | 279.94 ± 288 | 129.02 ± 139.7 | | GFR at presentation (ml/Min/1.73 m2) | 66 ± 43 | 62.37 ± 45 | 70.14 ± 41.9 | | Renal disease severity | Mild | 54 (50.9%) | 21 (38.8%) | 33 (61.2%) | | Moderate | 23 (21.6%) | 15 (51.7%) | 14 (48.3%) | | Severe | 29 (27.3%) | 13 (56.5%) | 10 (43.4%) | | Acuity of renal impairment | Acute | 32 (30.1%) | 15 (47%) | 17 (53%) | | Chronic | 74 (69.8%) | 34 (46%) | 40 (54%) | | Indication of kidney biopsy | Hematuria with proteinuria | 12 (11.3%) | 7 (58.3%) | 5 (41.7%) | | Unexplained renal impairment | 32 (33.9%) | 11 (30.5%) | 25 (69.5%) | | Proteinuria alone | 58 (54.7%) | 31 (53.4%) | 27 (46.5%) | | Hematuria | Presence of hematuria | 49 (53.7%) | 26 (53%) | 23 (47%) | | No evidence of hematuria | 57 (46.2%) | 23 (40.3%) | 34 (59.7%) | | Degree of proteinuria | Nephrotic range | 41 (38.6%) | 23 (56%) | 18 (44%) | | Subnephrotic range | 52 (49%) | 22 (42.3%) | 30 (57.6%) | | No evidence of proteinuria | 13 (12.2%) | 4 (30.7%) | 9 (69.2) | |
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