Table 4.

Spearman correlation analysis of pathological changes and serum creatinine.

Pathological injury	Correlation coefficient	P
Tubular atrophy	0.210	0.038
Protein casts	0.248	0.005
Tubular epithelial cell injury	0.319	<0.001
Interstitial edema	0.300	<0.001
Inflammatory cell infiltration	0.310	<0.001
Interstitial fibrosis	0.309	<0.001
Renal arteriolar intimal thickening	0.158	0.178
Renal arteriolar hyalinization	0.319	<0.001
Pathological score	0.289	<0.001