Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy

Characteristic	Group 1 (n = 19)	Group 2 (n = 18)	p
Gender (male/female)	15:4	14:4	0.93
Age (years)	60 (35–70)	60 (43–74)	0.75
Urine protein (g/day)	3.7 (1.0–7.5)	3.3 (1.3–7.1)	0.80
Serum levels
Urea nitrogen (mg/dL)	14.5 (7.0–23.7)	15.1 (7.0–29.0)	0.81
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.8 (0.5–1.3)	0.9 (0.6–1.4)	0.37
Uric acid (mg/dL)	5.7 (3.7–8.5)	6.4 (4.4–9.2)	0.27
Total protein (g/dL)	4.7 (3.9–5.5)	4.7 (3.3–6.2)	0.15
Albumin (g/dL)	2.5 (1.8–3.4)	2.6 (1.0–3.9)	0.59
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	351 (188–769)	300 (187–390)	0.17

The data were at 4 weeks of PSL-alone treatment and just before PSL and MZR combined therapy

Age and laboratory data are shown as medians (interquartile range)

The p values were evaluated by Fisher’s exact test for gender and Mann–Whitney U test for the others