New-onset ESRD secondary to reflux nephropathy has decreased in incidence in the United States.

Journal of Pediatric Urology
Laura B CornwellMatthew D Mason

Abstract

Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) has been associated with the development and progression of reflux nephropathy (RN). Management of VUR has become more conservative over time as therapies have not been reliably proven to prevent renal scarring. We sought to examine the incidence of end stage renal disease (ESRD) due to RN over recent decades in the United States. The United States Renal Data System (USRDS) is a national data system that collects information about chronic kidney disease and ESRD. Since 1995, the USRDS has mandated that all dialysis centers enroll and submit data on new-onset ESRD patients. Of the over 2.5 million patients enrolled since 1996, 7314 were enrolled with a diagnosis code for RN as the primary cause of ESRD. We examined the trends seen in this patient population from 1996 to 2014 and used US census data to calculate incidence. The incidence of patients with new-onset ESRD attributed primarily to RN saw a steady decrease over time: from 1.9 per million in 1996 to 0.6 per million in the US population in 2014 (exp(B) = 0.941, p < 0.001). 58.8% of the patients were female, 87.4% white. The mean age at the time of ESRD onset was 47 years (IQR 30-65) and this did not significantly vary over the period (P > 0.05)...Continue Reading

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