Table 1.

Characteristics of patients with each renal disease.

	MCD in remission	MCD in relapse	FSGS	Inherited NS	Alport syndrome	Other glomerular diseases
Cases (n)	17	24	4	4	5	11
Sample (n)	17	24	4	4	5	11
Ages (year)	11.0 (4.0–14.5)	11.5 (5.8–15.8)	1.5 (1.0–2.0)	9.0 (2.3–11.3)	12.5 (3.0–29.5)	12.0 (9.0–14.0)
Gender (male:female)	11:6	17:7	2:2	4:0	5:0	5:6
Serum Albumin (g/dl)	3.6 (2.7–4.0)	2.7 (1.6–3.7)	2.8 (2.5–2.8)	2.4 (1.8–3.9)	3.1 (1.9–4.1)	3.7 (2.2–3.9)
Proteinuria (g/gCr)	0.3 (0.2–0.7)	10.9* (3.4–17.7)	19.0* (4.4–168.9)	8.2* (2.1–86.4)	0.7 (0.2–4.8)	1.2 (0.6–4.0)

Dunn’s multiple test (vs MCD in remission), all values are median (interquartile range).

*p < 0.05.