Clinical Efficacy of Huangkui Capsule Plus Methylprednisolone for Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy and Its Effect on Renal Function and Serum Inflammatory Factors

Table 3

Renal function indices ( ± s).

Group	N	Serum creatinine (μmol/L)		Serum urea nitrogen (mmol/L)		Fibrinogen (g/L)		24 h urine protein (g)
		Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment
Observation	40	117.65 ± 16.38	95.84 ± 10.26	6.34 ± 2.35	5.47 ± 1.81	5.16 ± 1.27	4.19 ± 0.81	6.51 ± 2.97	3.75 ± 0.92
Experimental	40	117.59 ± 16.45	72.51 ± 8.19	6.33 ± 2.32	4.57 ± 1.26	5.18 ± 1.25	3.25 ± 0.54	6.48 ± 2.99	1.63 ± 0.54
t-value	—	0.016	11.24	0.019	2.581	−0.071	6.107	0.045	12.569
-value	—	0.987	<0.001	0.985	0.012	0.944	<0.001	0.964	<0.001