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Table 3 Baseline clinical and pathological characteristics of validation cohort B

From: New risk score for predicting steroid resistance in patients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis or minimal change disease

Clinical variable

 

No response

Response

OR (95% CI)a

N (%)

 

25 (42.4)

34 (57.6)

Age (year)

 

49.7 ± 17.4

59.9 ± 14.7

0.96 (0.93–0.995)*

Gender (male %)

 

19 (76.0)

20 (58.8)

0.45 (0.14–1.42)

MAP (mmHg)

 

103.8 ± 14.0

101.8 ± 12.4

1.01 (0.97–1.05)

BMI (kg/m2)

 

25.6 ± 3.0

24.7 ± 3.2

1.11 (0.93–1.32)

Ln(Pro) (g/24 h)

 

2.0 ± 0.4

1.8 ± 0.4

2.76 (0.75–10.16)

Albumin (g/L)

 

19.0 ± 4.7

18.3 ± 4.1

1.04 (0.92–1.17)

eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)

 

91.1 ± 24.6

87.3 ± 28.1

1.01 (0.99–1.03)

TG (mmol/L)

 

2.8 ± 1.3

3.5 ± 3.6

0.91 (0.72–1.14)

TC (mmol/L)

 

7.9 ± 2.9

8.0 ± 1.4

0.96 (0.75–1.23)

Ln(β2-MG/uCr) (ug/mmol)

 

3.8 ± 2.2

3.4 ± 1.5

1.15 (0.84–1.57)

Pathological evaluation

Score

No response

Response

OR (95% CI)

MN (%)

 

25

34

 

Global sclerosis (%)

0

13 (52.0)

9 (26.5)

-ref-

1

12 (48.0)

25 (73.5)

0.33 (0.11–0.99)

Segmental sclerosis (%)

0

23 (92.0)

31 (91.2)

-ref-

1

2 (8.0)

3 (8.8)

0.90 (0.14–5.82)

Interstitial fibrosis (%)

0

3 (12.0)

3 (8.8)

-ref-

1

22 (88.0)

31 (91.2)

0.71 (0.13–3.85)

Inflammatory cell infiltration (%)

0

1 (4.0)

4 (11.8)

-ref-

1

24 (96.0)

30 (88.2)

3.20 (0.33–30.55)

Tubular atrophy (%)

0

3 (12.0)

4 (11.8)

-ref-

1

22 (88.0)

30 (88.2)

0.98(0.20–4.82)

Vascular lesion (%)

0

10 (40.0)

7 (20.6)

-ref-

1

15 (60.0)

27 (79.4)

0.39 (0.12–1.23)

  1. MAP: mean arterial pressure; BMI: body mass index; Ln(Pro): natural logarithm of urine protein; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; TG: triglyceride; TC: total cholesterol; β2-MG: β2-microglobulin; α1-MG: α1-microglobulin; uCr: urinary creatinine; FSGS: focal segmental glomerulosclerosis; MCD: minimal change disease; IgAN: Immunoglobulin A nephropathy; MN: membranous nephropathy
  2. a Adjusted by age and gender
  3. *P < 0.05, #P < 0.01