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Table 1 Number of interstitial macrophages correlated with Oxford and 3-Grade classification grading

From: Prognostic value of morphologic and morphometric analyses in IgA nephropathy biopsies

Oxford Classification

Glomerular macrophagesa

P

Interstitial macrophagesa

P

 M0 b (n = 22)

5.98 ± 3.70

0.4

18.25 ± 5.30

0.9

 M1 (n = 10)

7.03 ± 3.56

18.40 ± 4.55

 S0 c(n = 18)

6.13 ± 2.90

0.9

16.48 ± 4.37

< 0.01

 S1 (n =14)

6.54 ± 4.51

20,65 ± 4.91

 T0 d(n = 19)

6.18 ± 3.60

0.8

16.08 ± 4.57

< 0.001

 T1 (n = 13)

6.13 ± 2.90

21.53 ± 3.79

3-Grade Classification

Glomerular macrophagesa

P

Interstitial macrophagesa

P

 G1 e (n = 14)

5.95 ± 3.15

0.6

15.57 ± 4.30

< 0.005

 G2 (n = 18)

6.59 ± 4,04

20.41 ± 4.55

  1. aData expressed as means ± SD
  2. bM = mesangial hypercellularity
  3. cS = segmental glomerulosclerosis
  4. dT = tubular atrophy
  5. eG = grades of the 3-Grade classifications; none of the biopsies was scored as G3. M, S, T and G grades were scored as described in Materials and Methods