Table 2.
Clinicopathological features of patients stratified according to age
| Parameters | Age range
|
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ≤50 years (n=125) | >50 years (n=106) | ||
| Gender (male : female) | 78:47 | 57:49 | 0.185 |
| Hypertension (%) | 24.0 | 49.1 | 0.000 |
| Diabetes (%) | 9.6 | 15.1 | 0.202 |
| Viral hepatitis (%) | 5.6 | 4.7 | 0.763 |
| NS (%) | 65.6 | 76.4 | 0.072 |
| BMI (Kg/m2) | 26.05±5.29 | 25.67±4.01 | 0.010 |
| Pathological stage (III) (%) | 6.4 | 1.9 | 0.093 |
| Anti-PLA2R (RU/mL) | 66.22±104.33 | 128.80±211.13 | 0.001 |
| ALT (U/L) | 21.79±15.16 | 20.44±18.00 | 0.806 |
| AST (U/L) | 17.47±5.93 | 19.98±11.98 | 0.019 |
| TP (g/L) | 50.23±11.19 | 48.54±8.35 | 0.003 |
| ALB (g/L) | 27.68±7.78 | 26.05±5.80 | 0.001 |
| TB (µmol/L) | 7.67±3.79 | 7.62±3.17 | 0.048 |
| DB (µmol/L) | 1.40±0.93 | 1.54±1.35 | 0.401 |
| ALP (U/L) | 54.81±15.64 | 64.34±16.40 | 0.456 |
| GGT (U/L) | 36.11±43.24 | 35.24±56.26 | 0.884 |
| GLU (mmol/L) | 4.87±1.31 | 5.04±1.14 | 0.554 |
| UN (mmol/L) | 4.72±1.75 | 5.83±2.92 | 0.004 |
| Cr (µmol/L) | 72.64±20.32 | 78.02±28.69 | 0.074 |
| Ua (µmol/L) | 356.58±104.41 | 337.34±85.24 | 0.015 |
| TC (mmol/L) | 7.12±2.41 | 7.04±2.28 | 0.318 |
| TG (mmol/L) | 2.54±1.73 | 2.65±2.09 | 0.221 |
| CK (U/L) | 93.17±62.05 | 113.38±193.91 | 0.047 |
| LDH (U/L) | 190.93±62.96 | 198.00±52.83 | 0.228 |
| HDL (mmol/L) | 1.39±0.50 | 1.50±0.54 | 0.787 |
| LDL (mmol/L) | 4.93±2.05 | 4.77±2.01 | 0.566 |
| D2 (µg/L) | 1.11±2.23 | 1.44±2.34 | 0.437 |
| IgA (mg/dL) | 204.71±79.76 | 226.94±88.33 | 0.015 |
| IgG (mg/dL) | 616.03±303.52 | 632.76±257.16 | 0.297 |
| IgM (mg/dL) | 112.79±67.28 | 119.77±89.71 | 0.118 |
| IgE (mg/dL) | 126.67±197.85 | 124.48±177.05 | 0.702 |
| C3 (mg/dL) | 114.64±25.13 | 115.26±23.36 | 0.090 |
| C4 (mg/dL) | 27.89±9.34 | 28.49±10.39 | 0.340 |
Note: Data are presented as mean ± SD unless otherwise stated. Bold data is statistically significant, P<0.05.
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; TC, total cholesterol; Cr, creatinine; DB, direct bilirubin; GLU, glucose; HDL, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; NS, nephrotic syndrome; TB, total bilirubin; TG, triglyceride; TP, total protein; Ua, uric acid; UN, urea nitrogen.