Research Article

Expression of uPAR in Urinary Podocytes of Patients with Fabry Disease

Table 1

General characteristics of controls and Fabry patients.

VariablesControls (: 20)Fabry (: 44) value

Age (years)30 (20–48)31 (11–86)0.92
Gender (males)10 (50%)17 (38.6%)0.59
Hypertension0 (0%)6 (14%)0.001
eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2)110 (86–141)120.5 (60–165)0.10
UPCR (g/g)0.03 (0.02–0.27)0.06 (0.02–5.68)0.01
Urinary uPAR+ podocytes/creatininuria (cells/g)0 (0–73.99)28.88 (0–284.46)<0.001