Table 1.

 Clinical characteristics of the two groups

	Group I (n = 9)	Group II (n = 12)
Age at onset (years)*	7.4 (1.3)	10.2 (0.9)
Age >9 years†	2	9
Sex (male:female)	6:3	9:3
Follow up (years)	5.2 (0.8)	6.3 (0.9)
Initial renal manifestations
Macroscopic haematuria	2	5
Hypertension	2	3
Mild proteinuria	1	2
Nephrotic range proteinuria	6	7
Nephrotic syndrome	2	3
Acute nephritic pictures	1	1
Treatment
Azathioprine	4	5
Cyclosporine	5	7
Clinical outcome (A/B/C/D)
At the end of treatment	4/5/0/0	5/5/2/0
At the latest observation	7/2/0/0	8/3/0/1

*p = 0.058 and †p = 0.03 between the two groups.