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Table 1 Clinical characteristics in discovery and validation set

From: Potential urine proteomics biomarkers for primary nephrotic syndrome

Group

N

Sex (M/F)

Age

24 h urine protein (g/L)

Serum creatinine (mg/dL)

CKD stage

Albumin (g/dL)

Cholesterol (mg/dL)

Discovery set (LC–MS/MS)

 HC

4

4/0

30 ± 2

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 MCD

4

1/3

49 ± 25

9.14 ± 3.6

1.2 ± 0.5

2.00 ± 0.31

2.1 ± 0.3

348 ± 88

 MN

4

2/2

50 ± 16*

6.56 ± 5.6

0.8 ± 0.2

1.00 ± 0.00

3.9 ± 0.4†

172 ± 28†

 FSGS

4

4/0

42 ± 23

6.17 ± 5.76

1.6 ± 0.4

2.67 ± 0.33

3.9 ± 0.4†

240 ± 75

Validation set (ELISA)

 HC

8

4/4

36 ± 13

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 IgAN

9

4/5

50 ± 10*

1.5 ± 1.1

0.98 ± 0.2

1.89 ± 0.20

4.0 ± 0.3†

217 ± 33†

 MCD

13

5/8

49 ± 19

7.69 ± 3.2‡

1.0 ± 0.4

2.08 ± 0.18

2.5 ± 0.7

351 ± 81

 MN

26

16/10

55 ± 13*

6.13 ± 3.1‡

0.98 ± 0.4

1.81 ± 0.15

3.2 ± 0.7†,‡

239 ± 78†

 FSGS

5

1/4

27 ± 15†, ‡, §

6.26 ± 5.4‡

1.94 ± 0.5†, ‡, §

2.80 ± 0.20‡, §

3.8 ± 0.5†

249 ± 69†

  1. CKD stage was estimated by MDRD equation
  2. N patients number, HC healthy control, MCD minimal change disease, MN membranous nephropathy, FSGS focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, IgAN IgA nephropathy, N/A not applicable
  3. * p < 0.05 versus HC; † p < 0.05 versus MCD; ‡ p < 0.05 versus IgAN; § p < 0.05 versus MN