Spectrum of Glomerular Diseases in Adults: A Study from North Eastern India. 2018

Md Jamil, and P K Bhattacharya, and Vandana Raphael, and Yookarin Khonglah, and Monaliza Lyngdoh, and Akash Roy
Assistant Professor, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Mawdiangdiang, Shillong, Meghalaya.

OBJECTIVE To study the clinical profile of patients with glomerular diseases and to study pattern of glomerular diseases in adults. METHODS A hospital based retrospective observational study from North Eastern India that includes biopsy proven glomerular disease (GD) in adults. Patients with inadequate biopsy sampling; incomplete medical data and biopsy of transplanted kidney were excluded. RESULTS A total of 102 patients were included of which 25 (24.5%) were male and 77(75.5%) were female with M: F ratio of 0.32:1. The mean age of presentation was 30.6 years. Nephrotic syndrome (57.8%) was the commonest clinical diagnosis followed by acute nephritic syndrome (31.4%), unexplained AKI (5.9%), unexplained CKD with normal kidney size (2.9%) and asymptomatic urine abnormality (1.9%). On histo-pathological analysis primary GD and secondary GD was diagnosed in 46(45.1%) and 53(52.0%) respectively. Overall Lupus nephritis (LN) was found to be the commonest (41.2%) GD. Among the primary GD, MCD (11.8%) was the most frequent followed by MPGN (10.8%), Membranous Nephropathy, (5.8%), IgA nephropathy (5.8%) and Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (5.8%). Three (2.9%) patients did not have any specific diagnosis and were labelled as chronic glomerulo- nephritis.. CONCLUSIONS As the pattern of glomerular disease varies from one region to another, the pattern of glomerular disease in the north eastern India also varies from the other regions of India. Nephrotic syndrome remains the most common indication of renal biopsy in this region similar to the other parts of India. Unlike other studies from outside North Eastern India, this study show that females are more commonly involved with majority of them having secondary GD and this is due to LN which was diagnosed as the most common GD in the present study.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007194 India A country in southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan. The capitol is New Delhi. Republic of India
D007668 Kidney Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations. Kidneys
D007674 Kidney Diseases Pathological processes of the KIDNEY or its component tissues. Disease, Kidney,Diseases, Kidney,Kidney Disease
D008297 Male Males
D009404 Nephrotic Syndrome A condition characterized by severe PROTEINURIA, greater than 3.5 g/day in an average adult. The substantial loss of protein in the urine results in complications such as HYPOPROTEINEMIA; generalized EDEMA; HYPERTENSION; and HYPERLIPIDEMIAS. Diseases associated with nephrotic syndrome generally cause chronic kidney dysfunction. Childhood Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome,Frequently Relapsing Nephrotic Syndrome,Multi-Drug Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome,Pediatric Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome,Steroid-Dependent Nephrotic Syndrome,Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome,Steroid-Sensitive Nephrotic Syndrome,Multi Drug Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome,Nephrotic Syndrome, Steroid-Dependent,Nephrotic Syndrome, Steroid-Resistant,Nephrotic Syndrome, Steroid-Sensitive,Nephrotic Syndromes,Steroid Dependent Nephrotic Syndrome,Steroid Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome,Steroid Sensitive Nephrotic Syndrome,Steroid-Dependent Nephrotic Syndromes,Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndromes,Steroid-Sensitive Nephrotic Syndromes,Syndrome, Nephrotic,Syndrome, Steroid-Sensitive Nephrotic
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D001706 Biopsy Removal and pathologic examination of specimens from the living body. Biopsies
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective

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