Table 3 Causes of end stage renal failure according to age
From: Causes of end stage renal failure among haemodialysis patients in Khartoum State/Sudan
Causes of end stage renal failure | <40 years (n = 463) | 40–60 years (n = 716) | >60 years (n = 404) | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | ||
Glomerulonephritis | 136 | 29.4 | 100 | 14.0 | 42 | 10.4 | 0.000 |
Hypertensive nephropathy | 116 | 25.1 | 276 | 38.5 | 155 | 38.4 | 0.000 |
Obstructive uropathy | 42 | 9.1 | 77 | 10.8 | 33 | 8.2 | 0.333 |
Chronic pyelonephritis | 39 | 8.4 | 20 | 2.8 | 14 | 3.5 | 0.000 |
Analgesic nephropathy | 19 | 4.1 | 26 | 3.6 | 11 | 2.7 | 0.538 |
Diabetic nephropathy | 10 | 2.2 | 99 | 13.8 | 94 | 23.3 | 0.000 |
Congenital and hereditary diseases | 9 | 1.9 | 5 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.024 |
Polycystic kidney disease | 8 | 1.7 | 50 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0.0001 |
Sickle cell anaemia | 6 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.004 |
Systemic lupus erythematosus | 4 | 0.9 | 4 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.484 |
Unknown | 74 | 16 | 59 | 8.2 | 36 | 8.9 | 0.0001 |