Renal Tubular Complement 3 Deposition in Children with Primary Nephrotic Syndrome

Table 1

Clinical and pathological parameters between C3 deposition and non-C3 deposition groups.

Items	C3 deposition group; ()	Non-C3 deposition group ()
Gender (males)/	24	36	0.878
Age at biopsy (yr) ()			0.275
24U-TP/kg ()			0.141
24U-MA/kg ()			0.577
UNAG/Cr (M, Q)	6.78, 6.43	4.66, 3.87	0.004
Uβ2MG/Cr (M, Q)	0.13, 0.12	0.06, 0.12	0.009
UTRF/Cr ()			0.002
Total protein (g/L)			<0.001
Albumin (g/L)			0.001
Cholesterol (mmol/L)			0.005
Triglycerides (mmol/L)			0.217
DD (μg/L)			0.002
CD3+CD4+			0.708
CD3+CD8+			0.016
CD4+/CD8+			0.095
CD19+CD23+			0.014
Severe glomerular injury/ (%)	19 (48.72)	25 (41.67)	0.490
Severe tubulointerstitial injury/ (%)	22 (56.41)	14 (23.33)	0.001