Clinical Efficacy of Adjuvant Treatment of Primary Nephrotic Syndrome in Pediatric Patients with Chinese Medicine

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the children.

Characteristics	TCM group (n = 217)	Control group (n = 238)	value
Age	5.05 ± 2.34	4.93 ± 2.25	0.578
Gender (male/female)	164/53	183/55	0.763
Clinical classification (simple type/nephritic type)	178/39	197/41	0.835
24 h urine protein quantification	128.74 ± 52.74	132.65 ± 63.29	0.473
Serum albumin	18.36 ± 4.52	18.74 ± 5.06	0.398
Serum cholesterol	8.57 ± 2.36	8.72 ± 2.58	0.518
Blood creatinine	31.96 ± 11.25	31.37 ± 11.69	0.584
Blood urea nitrogen	4.42 ± 1.87	4.24 ± 1.52	0.263
IgG	3.52 ± 1.44	3.61 ± 1.52	0.517
IgM	1.71 ± 0.78	1.65 ± 0.58	0.356
IgA	1.28 ± 0.61	1.32 ± 0.65	0.499
ESR	55.26 ± 25.43	56.31 ± 26.18	0.665