Description: A binary variable indicating that a patient received a diagnosis of glomerular disease.
Definition: Inclusion Criteria
– 2 or more glomerular inclusion diagnoses on different dates OR
– 1 or more glomerular inclusion diagnoses AND 1 or more kidney biopsy which is not post-transplant Inclusion diagnoses with special requirements:
– 1 or more “other_code_req” diagnosis AND 1 or more additional glomerular inclusion diagnosis on a different date OR 1 or more kidney biopsy that is not post-transplant
– 1 or more neph_req diagnosis that is associated with a nephrology visit
Exclusion Criteria
– Inclusion events occur after age_ub_years (defaults to 30), before the minimum date cutoff or after the maximum date cutoff, or after the patient’s endpoint date
– Kidney biopsy occurs after a kidney transplant.