title: Clinical and epidemiological prevalence of glomerulopathies elderly in the city of Uberaba - MG.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Currently, the elderly population of Brazil is suffering significant increase. Aging is a physiological process that causes changes in various organs, including the kidney. A kidney biopsy is of paramount importance to clarify the morphological changes of these entities.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this work was to conduct a clinical epidemiological analysis of elderly patients and evaluate the prevalence of major glomerulopathies that affect.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a retrospective and descriptive, with a review of 104 reports of renal biopsies of elderly aged over 60 years, performed in the Nefropatologia Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), between periods January 1996 and December 2010. Patients were grouped according to clinical syndrome.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We reviewed 104 biopsies of elderly patients. Of these, 52.94% were male. The Hypertension was found in 50.54% of patients. The clinical syndrome was the predominant nephrotic syndrome (42.17%). Most disease was glomerular origin. The glomerulopathy was the most prevalent (34.07%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Through this review, we noted that the nephrotic syndrome was the main clinical syndrome and Podocytophaties glomerulopathies were more prevalent in the group of elderly patients undergoing renal biopsy. The analysis of renal biopsies of elderly patients is of paramount importance, since knowledge of the clinical manifestations of major glomerulopathies that affect this group, to assist in establishing the diagnosis and therapeutic management.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lethícia Borges
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eliangela de Castro
authors.initials: Ede C
authors.lastname: Cobo
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Juliana Reis
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fabiano Bichuette
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Custódio
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcos Vinícius
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil.
authors.forename: Flávia Aparecida
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rosana Rosa Miranda
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Correa
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marlene Antônia
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: dos Reis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014504:Urban Health