Table 3 Clinical and laboratory features of 8 IgAN patients with active lesions, 12 IgAN patients with chronic lesions 22 non-IgAN patients [Membranous Nephropathy (MN) n = 11, Minimal Change Disease (MCD) n = 9 and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) n = 2] and 7 Kidney Living Donors (KLD) included in the microarray study biomarker identification.

From: Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded renal biopsy tissues: an underexploited biospecimen resource for gene expression profiling in IgA nephropathy

 

IgAN-Active Lesions

IgAN-Chronic Lesions

Non-IgAN (MN/MCD/FSGS)

KLD

p value

 

n

8

12

22

7

  

Sex, male n (%)

5 (62.5)

9 (75.0)

10 (45.5)

6 (83.3)

0.24*

 

Age, years mean (SD)

36.62 (15.33)

44.00 (10.72)

47.85 (18.61)

54.83 (13.75)

0.176§

 

Scr (mg/dL), mean (SD)

1.11 (0.55)

1.58 (0.56)

0.92 (0.34)

0.96 (0.14)

0.001§

# p = 0.001

eGFR-CKD/EPI [mean (SD)]

88.58 (36.52)

53.85 (27.63)

92.40 (28.21)

82.20 (4.97)

0.004§

# p = 0.003

proteinuria (g/24 h) [mean (SD)]

2.03 (2.49)

1.56 (1.06)

9.10 (6.93)

n.d

 < 0.001§

#p = 0.001; &p = 0.006

Hypertension, n.(%)

1 (12.5)

4 (33.3)

3 (13.6)

n.d

0.51*

 

follow up years [mean (SD)]

7.40 (2.30)

7.36 (2.62)

5.00 (3.66)

n.d

0.261§

 
  1. *Fisher exact test; §One-way analysis of variance; #IgAN-chronic vs Non-IgAN; &IgAN-Active vs Non-IgAN. Data refer to the time of Biopsy.