Table 3. Correlations between the plasma and urinary levels of vasohibin-1, and the histological parameters.

	Plasma levels of VASH-1 (fmol/mL)		Urinary levels of VASH-1/U-Cr (fmol/mg)
	r	P	r	P
Mesangial hypercellularity	−0.01	0.92	0.02	0.93
Mesangial sclerosis	−0.08	0.60	0.03	0.87
Crescent formation	0.38	0.01a	−0.01	0.96
Global sclerosis	−0.15	0.31	−0.08	0.66
Interstitial cell infiltration	−0.02	0.92	0.04	0.81
Interstitial fibrosis	−0.17	0.28	0.00	0.98
Tubular atrophy	−0.23	0.13	0.02	0.90
Arteriosclerosis	0.15	0.33	0.10	0.58

Abbreviations: U-Cr, urinary level of creatinine; VASH-1, Vasohibin-1.

^a P<0.05.