Table 4.

Correlation between the level of plasma suPAR and clinical parameters in patients with Alport-FSGS, obesity-related FSGS, and diabetic nephropathy

Clinical parameters	Alport-FSGS (n = 8)		Obesity-related FSGS (n = 16)		Diabetic nephropathy (n = 24)
	r	p	r	p	r	p
UTP, g/24 h	0.36	0.39	0.28	0.29	− 0.34	0.11
Alb, g/L	− 0.40	0.33	− 0.73	0.0013	0.26	0.22
Scr, mmol/L	0.19	0.66	− 0.21	0.44	0.17	0.44
eGFR, mL/min/1.73/m2	− 0.38	0.36	− 0.15	0.57	− 0.21	0.31
CRP, mg/L	− 0.44	0.30	− 0.34	0.29	0.01	0.98

UTP, urine total protein; Alb, albumin; Scr, serum creatinine; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; CRP, C-reactive protein.