title: Steroid responsive nephrotic syndrome is more common in Asians.
abstract: A retrospective study was undertaken to determine the incidence and compare the natural history of steroid responsive nephrotic syndrome in Asian, European, and Afro-Caribbean children born in the United Kingdom and living in Birmingham. Patients were identified from hospital admission records during the years 1979-83. Baseline population data were obtained from the same area using city birth statistics. There were 27 Asian, 13 European, and 2 Afro-Caribbean patients, giving annual incidences of 16, 2.6, and 3.1 per 100 000 children. The sixfold higher incidence in Asian children remains unexplained; further epidemiological studies may throw new light on the aetiology.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American; D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D044383:Black People; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004739:England; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D011239:Prednisolone