Table 5.

Multiple logistic regression analysis of the pre-treatment variables which may influence the response to the immunosuppressive treatment (the whole cohort of Responders)

	Estimation	Odds ratio	95 % CL	P-value
Interstitium volume	−0.02	0.97	0.91–1.02	NS
Glomerulosclerosis (grade)	−0.23	0.78	0.06–9.6	NS
Serum creatinine	0.63	1.8	0.85–4.1	NS
LDL	0.3	0.9	0.7–1.31	NS
Proteins urine excretion	−0.03	0.96	0.92–1.0	NS
ACE-I, ARB treatment	0.12	1.12	0.22–5.62	NS
Serum MIF	0.04	1.3	0.99–1.6	NS
Urinary MIF	−0.41	0.21	0.11–0.64	0.022