Table 2.

Kidney biopsy findings

	TBMD with proteinuria (n = 16)	TBMD without proteinuria (n = 16)	P
Patients showing segmental or global glomerulosclerosis	6 (37%)	0%	0.007
Glomeruli showing segmental or global glomerulosclerosis	8% ± 14%	0%	0.024
Patients showing interstitial fibrosis	6	0	0.007
Grade of interstitial fibrosis
I	5	0	0.149
II	1	0	NS
III	0	0	NS
IV	0	0	NS
Podocyte effacement	4 (25%)	2 (12.25%)	NS
GBM thickness (nm)	215 ± 16	217 ± 21	NS

NS, not significant.