Clinical Study

Efficacy of Triptolide for Children with Moderately Severe Henoch-Schönlein Purpura Nephritis Presenting with Nephrotic Range Proteinuria: A Prospective and Controlled Study in China

Table 1

Baseline patient characteristics in 56 children with moderately severe Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis.

TreatmentControl value

Number of cases4214

Boy/girl24/185/90.165
Age (year-old) 0.479
Course (days) 0.308
ISKDC pathological type
 Grade I0 (0%)2 (14.3%)0.089
 Grade II31 (73.8%)9 (64.3%)
 Grade III11 (26.2%)3 (21.4%)
24 hr proteinuria (mg) 0.840
Serum albumin (g/L) 0.136
Scr (μmol/L) 0.131