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Table 1 Patient’s clinical characteristics

From: The effectiveness and safety of corticosteroid therapy for IgA nephropathy with crescents: a prospective, randomized, controlled study

Variables

1–2-3 (n = 34)

1–3-5 (n = 34)

All (n = 68)

P

Age, years

29.65 ± 10.50

33.82 ± 9.90

31.74 ± 10.34

0.096

Sex, Male, n(%)

16 (47.06%)

17 (50.00%)

33 (48.53%)

0.808

Body mass index, Kg/m2

22.15 ± 8.51

22.78 ± 7.79

22.54 ± 8.12

0.896

Urine protein, g/24 h

2.04 ± 1.81

1.74 ± 0.93

1.89 ± 1.43

0.392

Serum albumin, g/L

36.34 ± 4.26

37.13 ± 7.24

36.62 ± 6.65

0.410

Serum creatinine, μmol/L

98.39 ± 38.20

105.51 ± 47.16

101.95 ± 42.74

0.496

eGFR, ml/min/1.73m2

89.86 ± 39.47

79.92 ± 31.23

84.89 ± 35.67

0.254

Lee grade, n(%)

   

0.127

 II

3 (8.82%)

4 (11.76%)

7 (10.29%)

 

 III

19 (55.88%)

18 (54.55%)

37 (55.22%)

 

 IV

10 (29.41%)

9 (27.27%)

19 (28.36%)

 

 V

2 (5.88%)

3 (9.09%)

5 (7.46%)

 

MEST-M, n(%)

34 (100.00%)

34 (100.00%)

68 (100.00%)

1.000

MEST-E, n(%)

9 (26.47%)

7 (20.59%)

16 (23.53%)

0.234

MEST-S, n(%)

11 (32.35%)

9 (26.47%)

20 (29.41%)

0.457

MEST-T, n(%)

   

0.563

 T1

11 (32.35%)

9 (26.47%)

20 (29.41%)

 

 T2

3 (8.82%)

3 (8.82%)

3 (8.82%)

 

MEST-C score, n(%)

   

1.000

 C1

30 (88.24%)

30 (88.24%)

60 (88.24%)

 

 C2

4 (11.76%)

4 (11.76%)

8 (11.76%)

 

Crescents(%)

14.66 ± 8.44

11.45 ± 9.37

13.05 ± 9.00

0.143

Follow-up period, months

6.00 ± 0.00

6.00 ± 0.00

6.00 ± 0.00

1.000

Blood pressure, mmHg

    

 Systolic at the start

126.75 ± 8.43

130.40 ± 9.25

129.58 ± 8.88

0.345

 Diastolic at the start

72.60 ± 7.50

73.45 ± 8.21

73.10 ± 7.96

0.586

 Systolic at the end

122.21 ± 7.61

124 ± 6.89

123 ± 7.21

0.611

 Diastolic at the end

70.66 ± 6.89

72.26 ± 7.43

71.39 ± 7.01

0.802

RAAS inhibition, n(%)

    

 Prior to enrollment

18 (52.94%)

20 (58.82%)

38 (55.88%)

0.605

 During follow-up

28 (82.35%)

29 (85.29%)

57 (83.82%)

0.780

  1. RAAS renin-angiotensin system