Open AccessA 5-year survey of biopsy proven kidney diseases in Lebanon: significant variation in prevalence of primary glomerular diseases by age, population structure and consanguinity
Author(s) -
Hussein H. Karnib,
Ali G. Gharavi,
Georges Aftimos,
Ziyad Mahfoud,
Randa K. Saad,
Edward Gemayel,
Basel Masri,
Shafika Assaad,
K F Badr,
Fuad N. Ziyadeh
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfq302
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , consanguinity , ethnic group , population , kidney disease , disease , renal biopsy , demography , pathology , environmental health , biopsy , pediatrics , anthropology , sociology
Differences in epidemiology of kidney disease across the Middle East may arise from variations in indication for biopsy, environmental exposure and socio-economic status. The Lebanese population is composed of different ethnicities, with distinct ancestry and religion, enabling comparison of their effect on the prevalence of kidney disease within a confined geographic setting and uniform practices. Here we report 5 years' detailed epidemiology of renal diseases, based on histological diagnosis, in a sample from three large pathology centres in Lebanon.
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