Primary glomerular diseases in the elderly

Table 1 Recent epidemiological studies in the elderly

Country	Ref.	Date	Number of cases	Age	The most frequent PGDs
Italy1	Vendemia et al[2]	2001	280	> 65	1. MN
					2. Pauci-immune GN
					3. MPGN
Turkey	Ozturk et al[5]	2014	150	> 60	1. MN
					2. Pauci-immune GN
					3. FSGS
Japan	Yokoyama et al[6]	2012	2802	> 65	1. MN
					2. IgAN
					3. MCD
Brasil	Carmo et al[7]	2010	113	> 60	1. MN
					2. FSGS
					3. MCD
South Africa	Okpechi et al[8]	2013	111	> 60	1. MN
					2. IgAN
					3. Pauci-immune GN
China	Jin et al[9]	2014	851	> 65	1. MN
					2. IgAN
					3. MCD
Ireland	Brown et al[10]	2012	236	> 65	1. Pauci-immune GN
					2. MN
					3. IgAN

¹Only patients with PGDs were included in this study, while other studies included patients with secondary glomerular diseases also. FSGS: Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis; GN: Glomerulonephritis; IgAN: IgA nephropathy; MCD: Minimal change disease; MN: Membranous nephropathy; MPGN: Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis; PGD: Primary glomerular disease.