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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2009 Apr 24;155(1):105–110.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.01.070

Table I. Patient demographics.

Category Total Non-TE patients TE patients
Number of patients 326 296 30
Sex, male, n (%) 168 (52%) 156 (53%) 12 (40%)
Age at NS diagnosis, years, median (range)* 6.5 (0-20.7) 6.2 (0-20.7) 13.8 (1-20.3)
Age ≥ 12 years at NS diagnosis, n (%) 99 (30%) 80 (27%) 19 (63%)
Age at TE diagnosis, years, median (range) 15.2 (1-21.6)
Race, n (%)
 African-American 68 (21%) 60 (20%) 8 (27%)
 Caucasian 224 (69%) 204 (69%) 20 (67%)
 Other 34 (10%) 32 (11%) 2 (7%)
NS category, n (%)*
 Primary NS 244 (75%) 228 (77%) 16 (53%)
 Secondary NS 82 (25%) 68 (23%) 14 (47%)
Follow-up time, years, median (range) 3.7 (0-20.8) 3.7 (0-20.8) 3.7 (0.3-14)
Peak uPr:Cr, median (range)* 10.0 (2.1-307.7) 9.8 (2.1-307.7) 14.2 (3.9-294.7)
Serum albumin nadir, median (range) 1.9 (0.6-3) 1.9 (0.6-3) 1.8 (1-2.7)
Previous history of TE, n (%) 5 (2%) 1 (0.3%) 4 (13%)
Membranous histology, n (%)*,s 32 (10%) 24 (8%) 8 (27%)

Comparison between patients without and with TEs.

*

P < .01.

P < .0001.

Class V SLE or MN.