Risk of Nephrotic Syndrome following Enteroviral Infection in Children: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study

Nephrotic syndrome is a common chronic illness encountered during childhood. Infections have been identified as a cause of nephrotic syndrome. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between enteroviral infection and nephrotic syndrome. A nationwide retrospective cohort study was condu...

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Published in:PloS one 2016-08, Vol.11 (8), p.e0161004
Main Authors: Lin, Jiun-Nong, Lin, Cheng-Li, Yang, Chi-Hui, Lin, Ming-Chia, Lai, Chung-Hsu, Lin, Hsi-Hsun, Kao, Chia-Hung
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Allergies
Biology and life sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Chronic illnesses
Cohort analysis
Cohort Studies
Comorbidity
Complications and side effects
Confidence intervals
Coxsackievirus
Data processing
Development and progression
Eczema
Enterovirus
Enterovirus infections
Enterovirus Infections - complications
Enterovirus Infections - epidemiology
Female
Girls
Health insurance
Health risk assessment
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infections
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Kidney diseases
Male
Medicine and Health Sciences
Nephrotic syndrome
Nephrotic Syndrome - epidemiology
Nephrotic Syndrome - etiology
Occupational health
Pathogenesis
Patient outcomes
People and Places
Proportional Hazards Models
Retrospective Studies
Rhinitis
Risk
Risk factors
Rodents
Socioeconomic Factors
Studies
Taiwan - epidemiology
Workers
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Summary:Nephrotic syndrome is a common chronic illness encountered during childhood. Infections have been identified as a cause of nephrotic syndrome. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between enteroviral infection and nephrotic syndrome. A nationwide retrospective cohort study was conducted by analyzing data from the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan. Children aged
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0161004