“…Studies have reported that HT is the most common chronic disease in elderly patients who underwent biopsy, with rates ranging from 24.1% to 78% [20][21][22][23][24] . The rate of DM was reported to be 15.3% by Ozturk et al 20 and 29.4% by Tuğcu et al 23 , similar to that in our study. As renal reserves decrease with aging, additional diseases that may cause kidney disease, especially DM, atherosclerotic vascular diseases and HT, facilitate the development of new kidney pathologies.…”