Table 3.
Descriptive statistics of serum creatinine, urinary protein (UP), urinary creatinine (UC) and urine protein:creatinine (UPC) ratio in samples with glomerular bands (n = 59), samples without glomerular bands (n = 11), samples with tubular bands (n = 19) and samples without tubular bands (n = 51)
| With glomerular bands | Without glomerular bands | P value | With tubular bands | Without tubular bands | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serum creatinine (mg/dl) | 1.54 (1.24–1.97) |
1.80 (1.22–3.86) |
0.309 | 1.99 (1.24–1.17) |
1.50 (1.17–1.87) |
0.055 |
| UP (mg/dl) |
28.00 (15.00–45.70) |
25.00 (12.60–38.80) |
0.383 | 39.10 (25.00–61.40) |
22.80 (12.40–38.80) |
0.024 |
| UC (mg/dl) |
186.4 (132.6–318.9) |
149.4 (50.4–305.2) |
0.110 | 174.2 (69.2–271.0) |
183.8 (132.6–313.4) |
0.439 |
| UPC | 0.15 (0.07–0.23) |
0.24 (0.05–0.50) |
0.309 | 0.22 (0.15–0.56) |
0.12 (0.06–0.20) |
0.003 |
Data are median (interquartile range). The P values of the comparison between groups for each parameter are also shown (significant differences are shown in bold)