title: [Primary glomerulopathies in Lithuania: a retrospective analysis of renal biopsy cases (2000-2006)].
abstract: A retrospective study of 1363 native kidney biopsies, performed at Lithuanian nephrology units and investigated at the National Center of Pathology during the period of 2000-2006, was carried out. Inflammatory glomerulopathies constituted 63.6% of all primary glomerulopathies (834 cases); IgA nephropathy was the most frequent disease (35.0%). The incidence of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis decreased from 22.6% reported in Lithuania previously (1995-1999) to 16.7% in this study; however, it was still higher compared to most European countries. Extracapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis and diffuse endocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis accounted for 9.1% and 4.4%, respectively. Noninflammatory glomerulopathies were relatively rare: focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis made up 14.8%; minimal change disease, 9.7%; membranous nephropathy, 7.4%. However, their incidence increased compared to the previously reported in 1995-1999 (9.5%, 5.8%, and 4.3%, respectively). It can be concluded that inflammatory glomerulopathies were predominant in Lithuania in 2000-2006; however, these glomerulopathies were less prominent as compared to the previously reported data in 1995-1999.
authors.affiliation: 1Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Lithuania.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beitnaraite
authors.forename: Edvardas
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kovaliūnas
authors.forename: Arvydas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laurinavicius
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005922:Glomerulonephritis, IGA / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D015432:Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D015433:Glomerulonephritis, Membranous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D005923:Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D008097:Lithuania / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009402:Nephrosis, Lipoid / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies