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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population

From: Adult minimal-change disease: observational data from a UK centre on patient characteristics, therapies, and outcomes

Characteristic

Whole cohort (N = 78)

Subgroup:

first presentation (N = 52)

Completeness

of data (%)

Age (years)

36 (25–50)

47 (31–63)

100

Gender (male)

47 (60)

30 (58)

100

Ethnicity

  

99

 White

56 (73)

40 (77)

 

 South Asian

14 (18)

6 (11)

 

 Black

6 (8)

5 (10)

 

 Other

1 (1)

1 (2)

 

Serum creatinine (μmol/L)a

91 (70–122)

105 (78–138)

100

Estimated GFR (mL/min/1.73m2)a

82 (57–106)

68 (46–92)

100

Acute kidney injury

22 (28)

19 (37)

100

Proteinuria

  

82

 ACR (mg/mmol) (N = 51)

594 (458–899)

609 (505–913)

 

 24 h collection (g/24 h) (N = 13)

5.0 (4.0–8.3)

4.5 (3.4–8.2)

 

Serum albumin (g/L)

22 (17–30)

21 (17–24)

97

Serum cholesterol (mmol/L)

9.0 (7.3–12.1)

9.0 (7.4–12.4)

83

Haematuria

9 (15)

4 (10)

80

  1. Baseline characteristics of the whole study population and of the subgroup of patients biopsied during their first presentation with nephrotic syndrome. Continuous variables are expressed as a median (interquartile range) and categorical variables as a number (percentage). MCD minimal change disease; GFR glomerular filtration rate, estimated by 4-variable MDRD equation; ACR albumin-to-creatinine ratio. aIncludes patients with acute kidney injury