Research Article
Urinary Podocyte Excretion Predicts Urinary Protein Selectivity and Renal Prognosis
Table 1
Clinical data at the time of renal biopsy.
| | Clinical background data | Mean ± standard deviation |
| | Age | 50.0 ± 19.5 | | Sex: male : female | 56 : 64 | | Blood pressure at day of admission (mmHg) | 131 ± 18/77 ± 12 | | Blood pressure 4-day mean during hospitalization (mmHg) | 103 ± 21/75 ± 10 | | Pulse rate 4-day mean (beats/min) | 74 ± 9 | | Serum creatinine (mg/dl) | 1.41 ± 1.39 | | eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) | 61.5 ± 32.5 | | Serum total protein (g/dL) | 6.1 ± 1.3 | | Serum albumin (g/dL) | 3.0 ± 1.1 | | Serum IgG (mg/dL) | 1206 ± 683 | | Urinary protein (g/gCr) | 3.54 ± 4.22 | | Urinary red blood cells (/HPF) | 30 ± 34 | | Selectivity index | 0.298 ± 0.267 | | Long axis of renal size (cm) | 10.1 ± 1.2 | | Short axis of renal size (cm) | 4.8 ± 0.7 | | Resistive index | 0.65 ± 0.09 | | Histological diagnosis | | | IgA nephropathy/vasculitis | 33 cases | | Membranous nephropathy | 15 cases | | ANCA vasculitis | 14 cases | | Minimal change nephrotic syndrome | 13 cases | | Tubulointerstitial nephritis | 12 cases | | Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis | 9 cases | | Diabetic nephrosclerosis | 8 cases | | Lupus nephritis | 6 cases | | Thin membrane disease/minor glomerular abnormalities | 5 cases | | Poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis | 2 cases | | Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis | 1 case | | Non-IgA nephropathy | 1 case | | C3 nephropathy | 1 case |
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