Table 1.
Clinical and laboratory data of patients with INS and controls
| Patients’ parameters | INS patients (n = 37) |
Controls (n = 30) |
Normal range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age (years) | 6.4 ± 3.2 | 7.1 ± 2.3 | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 24 | 19 | |
| Female | 13 | 11 | |
| Mean serum creatinine (μmol/L) | 47 ± 13 | 51 ± 11 | 15–88 |
| Mean serum protein (g/L) | 52 + 6 | 72 + 2 | 6–80 |
| Mean serum albumin (g/L) | 21 ± 7 | 36 ± 3 | 30–40 |
| Mean serum cholesterol (mmol/L) | 6.3 ± 0.7 | 3.1 ± 1.5 | 3.1–5.2 |
| Mean UP:Cr ratio (mg/mg) | 2.6 ± 0.4 | 0.02 ± 0.07 | ≤ 0.2 |
Abbreviations: INS, idiopathic nephrotic syndrome; UP, urine protein; Cr, creatinine