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Age (years)	Nephritic Syndrome	Nephrotic Syndrome	Mixed Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndrome
< 15	Alport syndrome (hereditary nephritis) IgA–associated vasculitis IgA nephropathy Lupus nephritis Mild PIGN Thin basement membrane disease	Congenital nephrotic syndromes Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis Lupus nephritis (membranous subtype) Minimal change disease	Lupus nephritis Membranoproliferative GN
15–40	Alport syndrome (hereditary nephritis) IgA nephropathy Lupus nephritis PIGN RPGN Thin basement membrane disease	Diabetic nephropathy Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis IgA nephropathy Late PIGN Lupus nephritis (membranous subtype) Membranous nephropathy Minimal change disease Preeclampsia	Fibrillary and immunotactoid GN* Lupus nephritis Membranoproliferative GN RPGN
> 40	IgA nephropathy PIGN RPGN Vasculitides	Amyloidosis (primary) Diabetic nephropathy Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis IgA nephropathy Late PIGN Light chain deposition disease Membranous nephropathy Minimal change disease	Fibrillary and immunotactoid GN* IgA nephropathy RPGN
* More commonly manifests as nephrotic syndrome.
GN = glomerulonephritis; IgA = immunoglobulin A; PIGN = postinfectious glomerulonephritis; RPGN = rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis.
Adapted from Rose BD: Pathophysiology of Renal Disease, ed. 2. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1987, p. 167.