Research Article
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 |
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