Table 3.

Correlation of Oxford MEST-C and immunofluorescence findings with clinical variables

Oxford score	Creatinine		24-h urine protein		RBC/hpf
	Mean±SD	P	Mean±SD	P	Mean±SD	P
M score 0	2.37±2.13	0.82	3.20±1.92	0.09	17.8±39.3	0.83
1	2.32±1.79		3.95±2.63		18.6±31.5
E score 0	2.09±1.67	<0.001	3.54±2.38	0.03	15.3±29.1	0.004
1	3.14±2.36		4.20±2.57		28.01±46.0
S score 0	2.35±1.98	0.92	3.65±2.55	0.70	22.5±42.1	0.014
1	2.33±1.83		3.76±2.32		13.7±21.4
T score 0	1.95±1.69	<0.001	3.58±2.3	0.24	15.7±32.4	0.107
1	2.92±1.89		4.06±2.7		24.4±38.6
2	4.42±2.62		3.37±1.08		20.3±28.8
C score 0	2.08±1.7	<0.001	3.28±2.17	<0.001	13.0±23.2	<0.001
1	2.06±1.43		4.83±2.7		23.0±37.6
2	4.21±2.23		4.2±2.64		37.8±58.3
Immunofluorescence
C3 staining
Less than 2	2.30±1.98	<0.001	3.61±2.29	0.97	16.8±34.2	0.43
+2+ or more	3.4±2.58		3.62±2.26		19.2±31.9
IgM
Less than 2	3.17±2.42	0.37	3.54±2.27	0.39	18.2±33.1	0.81
+2+ or more	2.99±2.5		3.70±2.26		18.9±32.0
IgG
Less than 2	3.14±2.70	0.19	3.58±2.28	0.37	17.4±31.3	0.08
+2+ or more	2.76±1.8		3.82±2.19		24.6±38.6
IgA
Less than 3	2.8±2.18	0.23	3.37±2.2	0.29	24.1±31.3	0.06
+3+ or more	3.14±2.52		3.65±2.2		24.6±38.6

C=crescent, C3=complement 3, E=endocapillary hypercellularity, IgA=immunoglobulin A, IgG=immunoglobulin G, IgM=immunoglobulin M, M=mesangial hypercellularity, RBC=red blood cells, S=segmental sclerosis, SD=standard deviation, T=tubular atrophy