Research Article

Bioimpedance Resistance Indices and Cell Membrane Capacitance Used to Assess Disease Status and Cell Membrane Integrity in Children with Nephrotic Syndrome

Table 4

Measured resistances (R), corresponding resistance indices (RI), and cell membrane capacitances (C) in the study.

ParametersANSANS NSRHC

R (Ω)447.1 ± 48.9420.2 ± 43.5752.6 ± 71.7816.3 ± 73.8
R (Ω)1871.6 ± 182.31919.7 ± 176.21799.5 ± 239.51922.3 ± 224.0
R (Ω)359.7 ± 33.3344.1 ± 31.6528.6 ± 46.0572.3 ± 53.2
RI (cm2/Ω)34.9 ± 11.737.2 ± 11.422.1 ± 8.420.0 ± 4.7
RI (cm2/Ω)8.4 ± 3.38.3 ± 3.09.5 ± 3.78.6 ± 2.2
RI (cm2/Ω)43.3 ± 14.845.5 ± 14.331.6 ± 11.628.6 ± 6.9
C (nF)0.53 ± 0.210.47 ± 0.130.82 ± 0.340.68 ± 0.20

Data are means ± SD; for group and parameter descriptions, see Table 1.