Table 4 Renal outcome of unclear or drug-induced acute tubulointerstitial nephritis classified by steroid use
From: Effect of steroids and relevant cytokine analysis in acute tubulointerstitial nephritis
Outcome | All subjects (n = 102) | Non-treated group (n = 20) | Steroid-treated group (n = 82) | P-valuea | Matched steroid-treated group (n = 20) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Renal recovery at 6 months (%) | 56.9 | 50.0 | 58.5 | 0.947 | 50.0 | 1.000 |
Renal recovery at last follow-up (%) | 75.5 | 65.0 | 78.0 | 0.583 | 75.0 | 0.490 |
End-stage renal disease (%) | 23.5 | 25.0 | 23.2 | 0.693 | 35.0 | 0.490 |
All-cause mortality (%) | 15.7 | 20.0 | 14.6 | 0.248 | 10.0 | 0.661 |