The Clinical and Pathological Effects of Serum C3 Level and Mesangial C3 Intensity in Patients with IgA Nephropathy
Table 4
C3 deposition and general data.
Characteristics
Negative (65)
Weakly positive (51)
Strongly positive (35)
P Value
Age (year)
39.78 ± 13.52
35.65 ± 10.42
36.77 ± 9.04
0.144
Female, n (%)
38/65 (58.46%)
29/51 (56.86%)
17/35 (48.57%)
0.392
Male, n (%)
27/65 (41.54%)
22/51 (43.14%)
18/35 (51.43%)
0.392
Duration from onset (d)
365 (1060)
180 (1065)
180 (670)
0.243
Height (cm)
167.46 ± 8.35
167.67 ± 8.32
170.31 ± 8.84
0.239
Weight (kg)
70.61 ± 14.73
68.64 ± 14.62
69.98 ± 13.71
0.765
BMI (kg/m2)
25.11 ± 4.4
24.22 ± 3.88
23.99 ± 3.67
0.337
SBP (mmHg)
128.2 ± 15.6
126.47 ± 15.12
136.89 ± 17.46
0.009
DBP (mmHg)
83.23 ± 10.55
83.12 ± 10.01
89.91 ± 12.4
0.007
Note: In the above data, the disease course was marked in the form of median (interquartile distance), and the remaining data were represented by x ± s. Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, systolic blood pressure.