Long-term outcomes for primary glomerulonephritis: New Zealand Glomerulonephritis Study.

Aims: Due to the paucity of studies focusing on primary glomerulonephritis, the second commonest cause of end-stage-kidney-disease in most of the developed world, we sought to review outcomes of these renal pathologies.

Methods: We reviewed renal outcomes and mortality for primary glomerulonephritis patients enrolled in the New Zealand Glomerulonephritis Study between 1972 and 1983.

Results: There were 765 patients with median follow-up of 30 years (range 0.