Table 7.
Correlation between the tubulointerstitial fibrosis grade and MCP-1 expression in IgAN.
Fibrosis grade | n | MCP-1 expression | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
- | + | ++ | +++ | ||
I | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
II | 17 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
III | 20 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4 |
IV | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Total | 50 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 14 |
Spearman correlation coefficient for MCP-1=0.62, p<0.001.