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Table 5 Baseline clinical characteristics of patients in different β2-MG groups in validation cohort A

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

Ln(β2-MG/uCr)

Low tertile (≤ 2.45)

High tertile (> 2.45)

Variable

N = 56

N = 55

OR (95% CI)

No response (%)

5 (8.9)

29 (52.7)

11.38 (3.94–32.84)#

Age (year)

33.0 ± 14.2

38.0 ± 15.9

1.02 (0.997–1.05)

Gender (%) male

33 (58.9)

32 (58.2)

1.03 (0.49–2.20)

MAP (mmHg)

92.1 ± 10.8

94.3 ± 18.9

1.01 (0.99–1.04)

BMI (kg/m2)

23.7 ± 3.8

24.9 ± 3.9

1.08 (0.97–1.21)

Ln(Pro) (g/24 h)

1.8 ± 0.4

1.8 ± 0.4

1.06 (0.45–2.46)

Albumin (g/L)

16.5 ± 5.2

16.4 ± 7.0

0.996 (0.94–1.06)

eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)

100.9 ± 23.5

86.0 ± 39.0

0.99 (0.97–0.998)*

TG (mmol/L)

2.9 ± 2.4

4.4 ± 4.2

1.20 (1.002–1.44)*

TC (mmol/L)

10.0 ± 3.7

11.1 ± 4.9

1.06 (0.97–1.17)

Interstitial fibrosis (%)

25 (44.6)

39 (70.9)

3.02 (1.387–6.63)#

Inflammatory cell infiltration (%)

21 (37.5)

33 (60.0)

2.50 (1.16–5.37)*

Tubular atrophy (%)

24 (42.9)

33 (60.0)

2.00 (0.94–4.26)

  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; MAU: microalbumin; ORM: orosomucoid; RBP: retinol binding protein; β2-MG: β2-microglobulin; α1-MG: α1-microglobulin
  2. *P < 0.05, #P < 0.01