Rates of Biopsy-Proven Pediatric Glomerulonephropathies in a Large Health System, 2000-2014

Precisely estimating pediatric glomerulonephropathy (GN) incidence would inform understanding of epidemiology, clinical trial design, and ultimately the management of children with these rare conditions. However, estimating pediatric GN incidence, overall and for GN subtypes, is challenged by disease rarity; imprecise knowledge of population at risk; and variability across studies with respect to demographics, access to care, and threshold to perform a kidney biopsy.