Table 1 General characteristics of the patients with nephrotic syndrome and the healthy individuals enrolled in the study

Total (n)

10

9

10

8

Gender

 Female

5 (50%)

4 (44%)

5 (50%)

5 (63%)

–

Age (years)^a

30 [25.5–36.75]

25 [21.5–50.5]

50.5 [20–56]

25.5 [22–46.7]

ns

Serum urea (mg/dl)^a

25 [22.75–28.9]

33 [20–47]

64 [37.5–107]

36.5 [24.2–89.5]

ns

Serum creatinine (mg/dl)^a

0.9 [0.82–0.97]

1.1 [0.8–1.7]

1.4 [0.7–2.0]

1.7 [0.7–2.0]

ns

Serum albumin (g/dl)^a

–

1.9 [1.6–2.2]

1.7 [1.6–1.8]

2.3 [1.7–2.8]

0.04*

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)^a

–

360.5 [256–470]

372 [278.5–581.8]

235 [139–291]

0.02*

24-h protein (mg)^a

–

6965 [3913–13,437]

7540 [3482–13,844]

8488 [2860–16,081]

ns

SAH

–

8 (89%)

9 (90%)

5 (63%)

ns

Histological diagnostic

 MCD

–

4 (44%)

4 (40%)

0

–

 FSGS

–

3 (33%)

3 (30%)

 MN

–

2 (22%)

2 (20%)

0

–

 NL

–

0

0

4 (50%)

–

 DPGN

–

0

0

2 (25%)

–

 MPGN

–

0

1 (10%)

2 (25%)

–

Tubulointerstitial fibrosis^b

7.7 ± 7.9%

9.4 ± 7.6%

8.1 ± 7%

–

Acute tubular necrosis (ATN)

–

0

10 (100%)

7 (88%)

Intensity ATN^b

–

3.3 ± 2.5%

46 ± 26.1%

29.3 ± 26.7%

–