Table 7.

Relationships between glomerular and podocyte autophagy characteristics and other parameters of renal morphology.

Parameter	Glomerular beclin-1, %	Glomerular LAMP-1, %	Autophagosomes in Podocytes, Vv	Autolysosomes in Podocytes, Vv	Lysosomes in Podocytes, Vv
Kidneys weight/lean mass ratio	r = −0.13 p > 0.05, n = 33	r = −0.19 p > 0.05, n = 33	r = −0.31 p > 0.05, n = 26	r = −0.43 p = 0.007, n = 26	r = −0.45 p = 0.007, n = 26
Mesangial fractional volume	r = −0.39 p = 0.02, n = 40	r = −0.37 p = 0.03, n = 40	r = −0.36 p = 0.03, n = 40	r = −0.50 p = 0.002, n = 40	r = −0.32 p = 0.009, n = 40
Mean width of GBM	r = −0.41 p = 0.03, n = 26	r = −0.40 p = 0.03, n = 26	r = −0.54 p = 0.003, n = 26	r = −0.45 p = 0.01, n = 26	r = −0.26 p > 0.05, n = 26
Mean width of podocyte FPs	r = −0.62 p = 0.0004, n = 26	r = −0.29 p > 0.05, n = 26	r = −0.58 p = 0.0009, n = 26	r = −0.49 p = 0.007, n = 26	r = −0.41 p = 0.03, n = 26
NA of podocyte FPs	r = 0.27 p > 0.05, n = 26	r = 0.32 p > 0.05, n = 26	r = 0.54 p = 0.003, n = 26	r = 0.47 p = 0.01, n = 26	r = 0.35 p > 0.05, n = 26

Data are presented as Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients; GBM, glomerular basement membrane; FPs, foot processes; N_A, numerical density; Vv, volume density