A Liquid-Based Cytology System, without the Use of Cytocentrifugation, for Detection of Podocytes in Urine Samples of Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy
Table 2
Detection rate of podocytes in urine samples according to the severity of albuminuria.
Conventional method
Modified method
value
Podocyte detection rate (%)
All patients
14/41 (34%)
28/41 (68%)
0.0038
Normoalbuminuria
2/10 (20%)
8/15 (53%)
0.2107
Microalbuminuria
5/15 (33%)
11/13 (85%)
0.0093
Macroalbuminuria
7/16 (44%)
9/13 (69%)
0.2642
Normal control
0/20 (0%)
0/20 (0%)
ND
Number of podocytes
All patients
0.0 (0-0.25)
0.1 (0-0.565)
0.0048
Normoalbuminuria
0.0 (0-0.05)
0.02 (0-0.1)
0.1882
Microalbuminuria
0.0 (0-0.2)
0.53 (0.145-1.015)
0.0029
Macroalbuminuria
0.0 (0-0.45)
0.33 (0-0.595)
0.2316
Normal control
0.0 (0-0)
0 (0-0)
1.0000
Data are median and interquartiles. value by Wilcoxon rank-sum test. ND: not determined.
