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Spectrum of glomerular diseases in Arab countries : a systematic review
Joint Authors
al-Dhahli, Buthaynah Sayf
al-Isai, Halimah al-Khalfan
al-Wuhaybi, Nassar Yusuf
Source
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Issue
Vol. 29, Issue 6 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1256-1266, 11 p.
Publisher
Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation
Publication Date
2018-12-31
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
According to the best of our knowledge, there is no review compiling incidence of glomerular disease in all Arab countries.
Most of the Arab countries do not have a national renal biopsy registry.
In addition, there is scanty data available on the epidemiology of glomerular diseases in Arab countries.
In this review, we performed a systematic review analyzing the incidence of glomerular disease in all Arab countries.
Relevant manuscripts in all 22 Arab countries found through searches of Medline, Science Direct, Embase, and Google Scholar were evaluated.
The time was from January 1990 to March 2018.
A total of 36 manuscripts containing 10,727 biopsies from 11 countries were analyzed.
The male-to-female ratio was 1.2:1.
Saudi Arabia had the largest number of published studies with 14 papers followed equally by Iraq, Jordan, and Sudan with three papers each.
The average period of study was 8.17 years.
Retrospective studies represented 86.11%.
Focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) (27%), minimal change disease (14%), membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (13%), mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis (13%), and membranous glomerulopathy (11%) were the main types of primary glomerular diseases.
The most common types of secondary glomerular diseases were lupus nephritis (LN) (58%), amyloidosis (10.19%), diabetic nephropathy (9.89%), hypertension (4.84%) and poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (2.72%).
In conclusion, FSGS and LN are the most common types of primary and secondary glomerular diseases, respectively, in all evaluated Arab countries.
The trend of all types of glomerular diseases has not changed in the last three decades.
We strongly recommend that each Arab country should have its own renal biopsy registry.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Wuhaybi, Nassar Yusuf& al-Isai, Halimah al-Khalfan& al-Dhahli, Buthaynah Sayf. 2018. Spectrum of glomerular diseases in Arab countries : a systematic review. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation،Vol. 29, no. 6, pp.1256-1266.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-896373
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Wuhaybi, Nassar Yusuf…[et al.]. Spectrum of glomerular diseases in Arab countries : a systematic review. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation Vol. 29, no. 6 (Nov. / Dec. 2018), pp.1256-1266.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-896373
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Wuhaybi, Nassar Yusuf& al-Isai, Halimah al-Khalfan& al-Dhahli, Buthaynah Sayf. Spectrum of glomerular diseases in Arab countries : a systematic review. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation. 2018. Vol. 29, no. 6, pp.1256-1266.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-896373
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 1264-1266
Record ID
BIM-896373