The Spectrum of Histopathological Lesions in Children Presenting with Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome at a Single Center in Pakistan

Table 3

Comparison of histopathological lesions of our study with local and international studies (all figures are in percentages).

Histopathological lesions	Our study	Olowu et al. [10]	Kari et al. [11]	Gulati et al. [12]	Azhar et al. [16]
FSGS	38.7	39.1%	39	58.8	28.8
MCD	23.1	4.3	8	17.6	13.3
IgMN	13.6	—	28	—	17.6
MesPGN	10.2	8.7	17	17.6	8.8
MN	8.2	4.3	—	1.4	13.3
MPGN	4.8	43.5	—	1.6	11.5
IgAN	0.6	—	3	—	6.6

FSGS: focal segmental glomerulosclerosis; IgANL: IgA nephropathy; IgMN: IgM nephropathy; MCD: minimal change disease; MesPGN: mesangioproliferative GN; MN: membranous GN; MPGN: mesangiocapillary or membranoproliferative GN.