Table 9. The changes in the estimated glomerular filtration rate and the number of events in the patients with or without renal biopsy, classified by the plasma levels of vasohibin-1.

	Baseline		One year		Two years		Three years		Number of events
	n	eGFR	n	eGFR	n	eGFR	n	eGFR	Total	RRT or Death
The plasma levels of VASH-1 in patients with RB
Low (<609 fmol/mL)	23	67±28	10	80±22	8	73±19	6	70±26	0	0
High (≥609 fmol/mL)	22	84±27a	14	69±25	11	70±24	9	73±22	3	1
The plasma levels of VASH-1 in patients without RB
Low (<609 fmol/mL)	10	36±26	6	43±28	4	51±26	5	51±32	2	2
High (≥609 fmol/mL)	12	20±18	7	22±9	7	19±13	5	20±13	8a	5

Abbreviations: eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate (mL/min/1.73 m²); RB, renal biopsy; RRT, renal replacement therapy; VASH-1, vasohibin-1. A composite renal event was defined as a decline in the eGFR of more than 30% of the baseline value, initiation of RRT or death associated with a renal disorder. The values are expressed as the means ± SD. The average eGFR did not include the values from the patients who received RRT or died.

^a P<0.05 versus the Low group.