Research Article

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

Table 5

Statistical comparison of results from Table 4.

ParametersANS vs NSR 
(paired)
ANS vs HC 
(unpaired)
NSR vs HC 
(unpaired)

R (Ω)0.0006<0.0001ns
R (Ω)nsnsns
R (Ω)0.0006<0.0001ns
RI (cm2/Ω)0.02700.0183ns
RI (cm2/Ω)nsnsns
RI (cm2/Ω)0.00280.0402ns
C (nF)0.03070.0479ns

For group and impedance descriptions, see Table 1. A Student’s t-test was used to determine differences between the groups. Nonsignificance (p > 0.05) is denoted by “ns”.