Sharples P M, Poulton J, White R H
Arch Dis Child. 1985 Nov;60(11):1014-7. doi: 10.1136/adc.60.11.1014.
A retrospective study was undertaken to determine the incidence and compare the natural history of steroid responsive nephrotic syndrome in Asian, European, and Afro-Caribbean children born in the United Kingdom and living in Birmingham. Patients were identified from hospital admission records during the years 1979-83. Baseline population data were obtained from the same area using city birth statistics. There were 27 Asian, 13 European, and 2 Afro-Caribbean patients, giving annual incidences of 16, 2.6, and 3.1 per 100 000 children. The sixfold higher incidence in Asian children remains unexplained; further epidemiological studies may throw new light on the aetiology.
开展了一项回顾性研究，以确定在英国出生并居住在伯明翰的亚洲、欧洲和非洲加勒比裔儿童中类固醇反应性肾病综合征的发病率，并比较其自然病史。通过1979 - 1983年期间的医院入院记录识别患者。使用城市出生统计数据从同一地区获取基线人口数据。有27名亚洲患者、13名欧洲患者和2名非洲加勒比裔患者，每10万名儿童的年发病率分别为16、2.6和3.1。亚洲儿童发病率高出六倍的原因仍无法解释；进一步的流行病学研究可能会为病因学提供新的线索。
