Research Article
Urinary Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 and Nephrin in Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Comparison of demographic and basic clinical characteristics between patients and healthy controls.
| | Parameters | Healthy controls () | IMN patients () | value |
| | Sex (male/female) | 45/25 | 67/40 | 0.475 | | Age (years) | | | 0.277 | | Diastolic blood pressure (mm/Hg) | 77.00 (67.00-87.00) | 80.00 (70.00-90.00) | 0.020 | | Systolic blood pressure (mm/Hg) | 121.00 (113.00-133.00) | 123.00 (123.00-133.00) | 0.035 | | Fasting blood glucose (mmol/l) | | | 0.379 | | Serum protein(g/l) | 74.35 (71.60-76.55) | 46.20 (38.10-52.60) | 0.015 | | Serum albumin (g/l) | 47.20 (45.27-48.62) | 25.40 (19.60-33.00) | 0.041 | | Urine protein (mg/μmol Cr) | 3.26 (1.93-4.91) | 372.18 (181.12-734.65) | 0.021 | | Serum cystatin C (mg/l) | | | 0.011 | | Serum creatinine (μmol/l) | | | 0.370 | | Serum uric acid (μmol/l) | | | 0.023 | | Serum urea (mmol/l) | | | 0.033 | | eGFR (ml/min/m2) | 104.60 (90.25-118.69) | 104.82 (96.76-112.20) | 0.798 |
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IMN: idiopathic membranous nephropathy; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate.
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