Table 1.

Baseline clinical characteristics

	Baseline serum creatinine					p
	<1.0	1.01–1.5	1.51–2.0	2.01–3.0	>3.0
	mg/dl	mg/dl	mg/dl	mg/dl	mg/dl
Patients	22 (25%)	23 (27%)	16 (19%)	12 (14%)	13 (15%)
Age, years	28±8	32±13	35±14	31±13	34±14	0.48
Female	19 (86%)	20 (87%)	12 (75%)	9 (75%)	12 (92%)	0.63
Race
White	13 (59%)	15 (65%)	12 (75%)	7 (58%)	7 (54%)	0.78
Black/other	9	8	4	5	6
Serum Cr, mg/dl	0.8±0.1	1.3±0.2	1.8±0.1	2.5±0.4	4.0±1.2
Proteinuria, g/day	5.2±3.3	5.5±4.5	8.1±4.9	6.6±3.3	4.7±2.3	0.14
Treatment
Standard	11	14	7	7	7	0.85
Plasmapheresis	11	9	9	5	6

Cr = Creatinine.