Table 3.

Factors associated with relapse in children with PNS.

Characteristics		Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
		HR (95% CI)	P value	HR (95% CI)	P value
TCM use		0.47 (0.38–0.59)	≤0.01∗	0.55 (0.49–0.63)	≤0.01∗
Age (year)		0.92 (0.85–0.99)	0.038∗	0.97 (0.93–1.02)	0.572
Gender		1.18 (0.96–1.46)	0.12
Clinical classification	Simple type	0.71 (0.58–0.94)	0.016∗	0.85 (0.67–1.03)	0.756
	Nephritic type
24 h urine protein quantification		1.02 (0.97–1.12)	0.786
Serum albumin		0.96 (0.82–1.25)	0.931
Serum cholesterol		1.07 (0.91–1.26)	0.173
Blood creatinine		1.02 (0.79–1.18)	0.228
Blood urea nitrogen		1.06 (0.94–1.22)	0.217
IgG		0.91 (0.74–1.06)	0.577
IgM		0.83 (0.52–0.94)	0.008∗	0.95 (0.82–1.09)	0.348
IgA		0.98 (0.78–1.15)	0.870
ESR		1.01 (0.86–1.31)	0.780

^∗ P < 0.05.