Clinical Significance of Serum Galactose-Deficient IgA1 Level in Children with IgA Nephropathy

Figure 4

Serum Gd-IgA1/total IgA ratio as an age-independent biomarker for the differentiation between IgA nephropathy and non-IgA glomerular disease. (a) Correlation between age and serum Gd-IgA1/total IgA ratio. (b) The receiver operating characteristic curve analysis of the serum Gd-IgA1/total IgA ratio for differentiating IgA nephropathy from other non-IgA glomerular diseases and healthy controls.

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