Table 1.

Characteristics of patients in the disease groups^a

Characteristic	FSGS			Lupus Nephritis			Membranous Nephropathy			Diabetic Nephropathy			P
	All	Train	Test	All	Train	Test	All	Train	Test	All	Train	Test
Gender (M:F)	4:4	1:3	3:1	1:10	1:3	0:7	4:1	3:1	1:0	4:4	1:3	3:1
Race (white:black)	4:4	2:2	2:2	6:5	2:2	4:3	2:3	2:2	0:1	3:5	1:3	2:2
Age	38 ± 5	41 ± 9	34 ± 5	27 ± 3	26 ± 4	27 ± 3	63 ± 8	65 ± 10	54	57 ± 7	63 ± 4	52 ± 13	0.001
Creatinine	2.2 ± 1.0	1.7 ± 0.5	2.7 ± 2.0	1.8 ± 0.3	1.4 ± 0.4	2.1 ± 0.5	2.2 ± 0.8	2.4 ± 1.0	1.6	4.7 ± 0.9	4.0 ± 0.5	5.3 ± 1.9	0.039
UA Pr/Cr	5.1 ± 1.8	6.4 ± 2.3	3.8 ± 2.8	6.9 ± 2.5	3.9 ± 2.0	8.6 ± 3.7	12.1 ± 3.9	13.0 ± 4.8	8.5	5.6 ± 2.3	3.2 ± 2.3	8.0 ± 4.0	0.358
IL-6	369 ± 48	401 ± 80	337 ± 58	543 ± 64	559 ± 100	533 ± 88	535 ± 128	591 ± 148	312	527 ± 115	568 ± 204	486 ± 139	0.427
IL-8	187 ± 56	187 ± 80	189 ± 91	275 ± 59	257 ± 92	285 ±82	122 ± 17	116 ± 21	145	381 ± 193	645 ± 357	137 ± 49	0.419
MCP-1	427 ± 23	437 ± 68	418 ± 62	752 ± 186	1044 ± 499	585 ± 82	655 ± 204	707 ± 254	448	56 ± 97	576 ± 134	547 ± 160	0.446

^aMCP-1, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; UA Pr/Cr, urine protein:creatinine.