Table 3.

Histopathologic findings of patients with or without the discontinuation of dialysis

	All (n=24)	Discontinuation of dialysis (n=9)	On dialysis (n=15)	p-value
Total glomeruli (n)	16.0 (11.0~20.5)	13.0 (10.5~22.0)	18.0 (12.0~21.0)	0.482
Normal glomeruli (n)	2.0 (0.3~5.0)	5.0 (2.5~11.5)	1.0 (0.0~3.0)	0.002*
Normal glomeruli (%)	12.2 (4.7~36.4)	46.7 (18.0~69.2)	8.2 (0.0~12.8)	<0.001*
Fibrinoid necrosis (n)	2.0 (0.0~3.0)	0.0 (0.0~2.5)	2.0 (0.0~3.0)	0.410
Fibrinoid necrosis (%)	4.1 (0.0~20.7)	0.0 (0.0~21.6)	7.3 (0.0~21.1)	0.741
Cellular crescents	7.3 (0.0~37.8)	9.1 (0.0~46.5)	5.6 (0.0~35.7)	0.976
Fibrous crescents	0.0 (0.0~0.0)	0.0 (0.0~0.0)	0.0 (0.0~0.0)	0.795
Fibrocellular crescents	14.3 (0.0~36.0)	0.0 (0.0~29.4)	20.0 (11.1~49.0)	0.101
Glomerulosclerosis	3.0 (3.0~3.0)	3.0 (3.0~3.0)	3.0 (3.0~3.0)	0.646
Interstitial infiltration (–/+/++/+++)	7/9/4/4	4/4/1/0	3/5/3/4	0.061
Interstitial fibrosis (–/+/++/+++)	8/9/4/5	5/4/1/0	3/5/3/5	0.024*
Tubular atrophy (–/+/++/+++)	6/10/4/4	3/5/0/1	3/5/4/3	0.168
Arteriosclerosis (–/+)	11/13	4/5	7/8	0.918
Type				0.525
Sclerotic	3 (12.5)	0 (0.0)	3 (20.0)
Focal	4 (16.7)	4 (44.4)	0 (0)
Crescentic	14 (58.3)	4 (44.4)	10 (66.7)
Mixed	3 (12.5)	1 (11.1)	2 (13.3)

Values are median (interquartile range) or number (%). *Statistically significant (p<0.05).