Table 4.

Factors at biopsy that influenced the slope of renal function (⊿eGFR) by univariate and multivariate regression analyses

Variable	Univariate		Multivariate
	r	P	t	P
Age	−0.001	NS	1.070	NS
eGFR	−0.014	NS	−0.665	NS
BMI	−0.128	NS	0.022	NS
Mean arterial pressure	−0.105	NS	−0.783	NS
Urinary protein excretiona	−0.313	<0.01	−1.811	NS
Mesangial proliferation	−0.134	NS	0.695	NS
Cellular/fibrocellular crescenta	−0.270	<0.01	−1.627	NS
Global glomerular sclerosisa	−0.107	NS	0.031	NS
Segmental glomerular sclerosisa	−0.094	NS	0.275	NS
Mean glomerular volume	−0.110	NS	0.525	NS
Glomerular density	0.420	<0.001	3.398	<0.01

BMI, body mass index.

^aValues were log-transformed before analysis.