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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of children with difficult nephrotic syndrome

From: Immunosuppressive therapy in children with primary nephrotic syndrome: single center experience, Karachi, Pakistan

Anthropomeasurements of study population n = 176

 Variable

Mean ± SD

Min – Max

 Age (years)

4.78 ± 3.23

1–15

 Weight (kg)

17.97 ± 8.99

7.5–51

 Height (cm)

98.68 ± 23.60

72–166

 BSA (msq)

0.69 ± 0.25

0.4–1.8

Clinical presentation of children with difficult nephrotic syndrome

 Feature

N

%

 male

100

56.81

 Edema

174

98.86

 Hypertension

16

9.09

 Gross hematuria

5

2.84

 Renal failure

2

1.14

Diagnostic biochemistry and urinary PCR in children with difficult nephrotic syndrome

 Variable

Mean ± SD

Min – Max

 Total protein (g/dl)

4.53 ± 0.81

2.7–7.9

 Serum albumin (g/dl)

2.00 ± 0.58

1–4.5

 Serum cholesterol (mg/dl)

369.93 ± 114.25

5–730

 Serum creatinine (mg/dl)

0.37 ± 0.30

0.06–2.30

 Spot urine- PCR (mg/mg)

9.01 ± 6.52

0.2–39.5

  1. PCR Protein Creatinine Ratio