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. 2018 Aug 3;3(6):1373–1384. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2018.07.021

Table 2.

Patient characteristics in the CureGN IgA nephropathy (IgAN)/IgA vasculitis (IgAV) cohort, by diagnosis and age

IgAN
IgAV
P valuea
Pediatric n = 173
Adult n = 333
Pediatric n = 112
Adult n = 49
IgAN Ped. versus Adult IgAV Ped. versus Adult Ped. IgAN versus IgAV Adult IgAN versus IgAV
Median (IQR) or n (%) Median (IQR) or n (%) Median (IQR) or n (%) Median (IQR) or n (%)
Demographicsb
Age at diagnosis, yr 12.1 (9.0–14.9) 38.3 (29.1–50.0) 9.1 (6.8–13.3) 34.6 (24.0–48.5) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.13
Age at biopsy, yr 12.5 (9.9–15.2) 39.6 (30.1–50.7) 9.5 (6.9–13.6) 35.4 (25.8–48.5) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.13
Time from diagnosis to enrollment, yr 1.3 (0.4–3.0) 1.1 (0.3–3.3) 0.6 (0.2–1.5) 0.8 (0.2–1.9) 0.66 0.57 <0.001 0.10
Sex, male 107 (61.8%) 196 (58.9%) 71 (63.4%) 29 (59.2%) 0.51 0.61 0.79 0.97
Race, white 136 (82.4%) 238 (77.0%) 99 (91.7%) 40 (85.1%) 0.17 0.22 0.03 0.21
Hispanic/Latino 21 (12.2%) 60 (18.1%) 12 (10.7%) 7 (14.3%) 0.09 0.52 0.70 0.51
Family history of kidney disease 51 (30.5%) 98 (30.5%) 25 (23.6%) 14 (29.2%) 1.00 0.46 0.21 0.85
At biopsyc
UPCR 1.1 (0.3–2.3) 1.6 (0.9–3.3) 2.1 (0.7–5.0) 1.5 (0.7–3.7) <0.001 0.36 <0.001 0.76
 3 ≤ UPCR 22 (18.0%) 67 (28.5%) 41 (40.6%) 11 (30.6%) <0.001 0.18 0.001 0.68
 1 ≤ UPCR < 3 40 (32.8%) 100 (42.6%) 24 (23.8%) 13 (36.1%)
 0.3 ≤ UPCR < 1 32 (26.2%) 54 (23.0%) 24 (23.8%) 11 (30.6%)
 UPCR <0.3 28 (23.0%) 14 (6.0%) 12 (11.9%) 1 (2.8%)
Hematuria
 Negative 4 (3.1%) 20 (9.0%) 3 (2.9%) 0 (0.0%) <0.001 0.84 0.49 0.01
 Trace 4 (3.1%) 11 (5.0%) 2 (2.0%) 0 (0.0%)
 1+ Small, 11–25 6 (4.6%) 27 (12.2%) 7 (6.9%) 1 (2.8%)
 2+ Moderate, 26–50 16 (12.3%) 62 (28.1%) 20 (19.6%) 7 (19.4%)
 3+ Large, 51–250 100 (76.9%) 101 (45.7%) 70 (68.6%) 28 (77.8%)
Serum albumin, g/dl 3.7 (3.2–4.1) 3.8 (3.4–4.2) 3.4 (2.9–3.8) 3.5 (2.9–3.8) 0.07 0.63 0.001 0.002
 Serum albumin <3 g/dl 23 (18.9%) 30 (12.3%) 28 (27.7%) 10 (28.6%) 0.10 0.92 0.12 0.01
eGFR, ml/min per 1.73 m2 98.6 (75.9–122.0) 51.8 (36.0–87.2) 109.5 (82.4–127.7) 67.3 (42.4–105.4) <0.001 <0.001 0.07 0.11
 90 ≤ eGFR 83 (59.7%) 67 (23.5%) 73 (67.0%) 16 (39.0%) <0.001 <0.001 0.24 0.13
 60 ≤ eGFR < 90 40 (28.8%) 57 (20.0%) 28 (25.7%) 6 (14.6%)
 30 ≤ eGFR < 60 13 (9.4%) 114 (40.0%) 4 (3.7%) 11 (26.8%)
 eGFR <30 3 (2.2%) 47 (16.5%) 4 (3.7%) 8 (19.5%)
At enrollmentd
UPCR 0.3 (0.1–1.0) 1.0 (0.3–2.2) 0.5 (0.2–1.3) 0.8 (0.2–2.4) <0.001 0.22 0.07 0.54
 3 ≤ UPCR 14 (9.8%) 44 (16.9%) 17 (16.5%) 6 (15.4%) <0.001 0.24 0.13 0.91
 1 ≤ UPCR < 3 22 (15.4%) 88 (33.8%) 16 (15.5%) 12 (30.8%)
 0.3 ≤ UPCR < 1 36 (25.2%) 68 (26.2%) 33 (32.0%) 10 (25.6%)
 UPCR <0.3 71 (49.7%) 60 (23.1%) 37 (35.9%) 11 (28.2%)
Hematuria
 Negative 24 (17.4%) 44 (17.7%) 15 (15.3%) 1 (2.7%) 0.06 0.11 0.55 0.02
 Trace 10 (7.2%) 27 (10.8%) 7 (7.1%) 4 (10.8%)
 1+ Small, 11–25 17 (12.3%) 43 (17.3%) 6 (6.1%) 6 (16.2%)
 2+ Moderate, 26–50 29 (21.0%) 66 (26.5%) 24 (24.5%) 7 (18.9%)
 3+ Large, 51–250 58 (42.0%) 69 (27.7%) 46 (46.9%) 19 (51.4%)
Serum albumin, g/dl 4.0 (3.7–4.3) 4.0 (3.6–4.3) 3.9 (3.4–4.2) 3.9 (3.4–4.3) 0.78 0.56 0.05 0.51
 Serum albumin <3 g/dl 11 (9.2%) 16 (6.4%) 15 (16.1%) 6 (20.0%) 0.33 0.62 0.12 0.01
eGFR, ml/min per 1.73 m2 96.5 (83.9–117.6) 53.3 (36.5–84.4) 104.6 (89.7–121.5) 80.1 (49.2–100.2) <0.001 <0.001 0.05 0.001
 90 ≤ eGFR 98 (64.5%) 69 (22.3%) 77 (74.0%) 17 (41.5%) <0.001 <0.001 0.42 0.02
 60 ≤ eGFR < 90 48 (31.6%) 68 (21.9%) 23 (22.1%) 11 (26.8%)
 30 ≤ eGFR < 60 3 (2.0%) 119 (38.4%) 2 (1.9%) 9 (22.0%)
 eGFR <30 3 (2.0%) 54 (17.4%) 2 (1.9%) 4 (9.8%)
Hypertensione 20 (12.1%) 69 (21.9%) 24 (22.2%) 8 (17.0%) 0.01 0.46 0.03 0.45
Trajectoryf
eGFR higher at enrollment than at biopsy 55 (42.3%) 101 (38.3%) 40 (39.6%) 19 (55.9%) 0.44 0.10 0.68 0.05
UPCR lower at enrollment than at biopsy 72 (64.9%) 114 (60.3%) 66 (68.8%) 15 (51.7%) 0.43 0.09 0.55 0.38
UPCR ever <0.3 prior to or at enrollment 94 (59.1%) 90 (28.7%) 46 (42.2%) 17 (37.0%) <0.001 0.54 0.01 0.25

eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; IQR, interquartile range; UPCR, urine protein-to-creatinine ratio.

a

P value from Mann−Whitney U test for continuous variables, χ2 test, or Fisher exact test for categorical variables.

b

Less than 6% missing for demographic variables.

c

Total of 26% of UPCR, 27% of hematuria, 25% of serum albumin, and 14% of eGFR values unavailable at biopsy.

d

Total of 18% of UPCR, 22% of hematuria, 26% of serum albumin, 9% of eGFR, and 5% of hypertension values missing at enrollment.

e

Systolic blood pressure >140 or diastolic blood pressure >90 for adults; systolic or diastolic blood pressure >95th percentile for pediatric patients.

f

Total of 21% of eGFR trajectories and 36% of UPCR trajectories unavailable (trajectories require nonmissing values at biopsy and enrollment), and 6% of patients had no UPCR measurements recorded prior to or at enrollment.