Morphometric Analysis of Nonsclerosed Glomeruli Size and Connective Tissue Content during the Aging Process

Table 3

Morphometric characteristics of globally sclerotic and obtained types of nonsclerosed glomeruli.

	AG (μm^2)		BG (μm)		DF (μm)		𝐴CT (μm^2)		CT%		Nn (1/μm2) ×10^−3
Variable	Mean	Md	Mean	Md	Mean	Md	Mean	Md	Mean	Md	Mean	Md
Type	Globally sclerotic glomeruli (𝑛=114)
Value	6851.58	6520.95	302.39	302.31	107.03	105.17	4761.58	4774.59	71.1	71.8	1.66	1.64
SE	228.52		3.85		1.44		128.66		0.5		0.05
95% LCL	6398.84	6148.01	294.76	289.59	104.18	102.06	4506.69	4273.92	70.0	69.9	1.56	1.48
95% UCL	7304.32	7013.99	310.01	314.58	109.87	110.44	5016.48	5019.23	72.2	73.2	1.76	1.77
Type	I (𝑛=341)
Value	16031.85	15400.52	473.34	468.55	165.13	161.62	3379.80	3296.62	21.7	21.8	6.95	6.95
SE	249.79		3.75		1.40		54.15		0.3		0.05
95% LCL	15540.53	14563.69	465.97	452.96	162.38	158.17	3273.29	3151.55	21.1	21.0	6.85	6.83
95% UCL	16523.18	15874.55	480.71	476.86	167.88	164.44	3486.32	3437.98	22.3	22.9	7.05	7.05
Type	II (𝑛=288)
Value	18376.17	17669.80	506.33	505.00	177.95	178.15	6018.32	5697.94	33.2	33.4	6.02	6.05
SE	323.24		5.15		1.61		104.83		0.3		0.06
95% LCL	17739.94	16941.07	496.20	492.51	174.78	173.11	5812.00	5426.42	32.7	32.5	5.90	5.86
95% UCL	19012.39	18322.84	516.47	515.59	181.12	181.62	6224.65	5911.02	33.7	33.7	6.14	6.14

Md: median.
SE: standard error.
95% LCL: lower limit of confidence interval.
95% UCL: upper limit of confidence interval.