Research Article
Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome Management and Outcome: A Single Center Retrospective Analysis
Table 5
Association between patient characteristics and serious complications.
| Variables | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | value |
| Age | | | 1–5 years | 1.00 (referent) | | 6–12 years | 0.64 (0.11 to 3.75) | 0.62 | 13–18 years | 1.42 (0.19 to 10.65) | 0.74 | Sex | | | Male | 1.00 (referent) | | Female | 0.83 (0.18 to 3.86) | 0.81 | Race and ethnicity | | | White, non-Hispanic | 1.00 (referent) | | Black | 1.90 (0.30 to 12.19) | 0.50 | White, Hispanic | 0.97 (0.06 to 14.89) | 0.98 | Other | 1.36 (0.09 to 21.12) | 0.83 | Insurance | | | None | 1.00 (referent) | | Medicaid | 0.31 (0.03 to 2.99) | 0.31 | Commercial | 0.29 (0.03 to 3.01) | 0.30 | Disease status | | | SSNS | 1.00 (referent) | | FRNS/SDNS | 1.81 (0.30 to 10.87) | 0.52 | SRNS | 1.17 (0.10 to 13.89) | 0.90 | Comorbidity | | | No | 1.00 (referent) | | Yes | 5.36 (1.26 to 22.87) | 0.02 |
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CI, confidence interval; FRNS, frequently relapsing nephrotic syndrome; SDNS, steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome; SRNS, steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome; SSNS, steroid-sensitive and infrequently relapsing nephrotic syndrome. .
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