A Liquid-Based Cytology System, without the Use of Cytocentrifugation, for Detection of Podocytes in Urine Samples of Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy

Table 1

Clinical parameters of patients of the conventional method group, modified method group, and normal subjects.

	Normal subjects ()	Conventional method ()	Modified method ()	value
Gender (M/F)	12/8	31/10	27/14	0.3316
Age (years)				0.4008
BMI (kg/m^2)				0.9372
HbA1c (%)				0.3985
SBP (mmHg)				0.4521
DBP (mmHg)				0.3830
eGFR (ml/min./1.73m^2)				0.4142
UACR (mg/g Cr)	ND			0.4305

Statistical comparison of the two groups was performed only between the conventional method and the modified method. Data are . ND: not determined, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure.