HYDROCARBON EXPOSURE AND GLOMERULONEPHRITIS

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 14  (4) , 173-175
Abstract
An occupational survey was completed on 87 patients with end-stage renal failure to determine their exposure to hydrocarbon-based compounds. Of the patients with renal failure due to glomerulonephritis, 59% had significant contact with hydrocarbons, compared with 25% of patients with renal failure due to other causes (P < 0.01). A total of 81% of patients with glomerulonephritis were male and of these, 64% had signficant hydrocarbon exposure compared with 35% of an age-matched control group of male hospital in-patients with no renal pathology. Occupational exposure to hydrocarbons may account for the male predominance in patients with glomerulonephritis.