Blind Spot in the Radar of MEST-C Score: Type and Severity of Tubulointerstitial Nephritis in IgA Nephropathy

Table 4

Relationship between MEST-C score and type of tubulointerstitial inflammation.

Clinicopathological parameters		Type of tubulointerstitial inflammation				value
		Absent	Acute	Acute and chronic	Chronic
Age	0–20	3	0	6	33	0.49
	21–40	20	3	18	116
	41–60	1	1	3	39
	61–80	0	0	0	4
Gender	Male	13	2	19	138	0.27
	Female	11	2	8	54
Mesangial hypercellularity	M0	3	0	3	3	0.008
	M1	21	4	24	189
Endocapillary hypercellularity	E0	20	2	10	94	≤0.001
	E1	4	2	17	98
Segmental glomerulosclerosis	S0	6	0	3	18	0.168
	S1	18	4	24	174
Tubular atrophy and interstitial fibrosis	T0	24	4	12	83	≤0.001
	T1	0	0	15	109
Crescents (C) score	C0	24	3	15	126	0.003
	C1	0	0	9	50
	C2	0	1	3	16

Total cases (n) = 247. Bold p values are statistically significant.