Volume 78, Issue 10, Pages 1041-1046 (November 2010) The width of the basement membrane does not influence clinical presentation or outcome of thin glomerular basement membrane disease with persistent hematuria  Cheuk-Chun Szeto, Fernand Mac-Moune Lai, Bonnie Ching-Ha Kwan, Chi-Bon Leung, Paul Cheung-Lung Choi, Wing-Fai Pang, Kai- Ming Chow, Ka-Bik Lai, Gang Wang, Philip Kam-Tao Li  Kidney International  Volume 78, Issue 10, Pages 1041-1046 (November 2010) DOI: 10.1038/ki.2010.285 Copyright © 2010 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Kaplan–Meier plot of event-free survival. (a) Any detectable proteinuria; (b) proteinuria ≥1 g/day; (c) hypertension; and (d) impaired renal function. Data were compared using the log-rank test. TBMD, thin basement membrane disease. Kidney International 2010 78, 1041-1046DOI: (10.1038/ki.2010.285) Copyright © 2010 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 GBM thickness with and without events. Comparison of glomerular basement membrane (GBM) thickness between patients with and without (a) detectable proteinuria; (b) overt proteinuria; (c) hypertension; and (d) impaired renal function. Whisker box plot with boxes indicates median and 25 and 75 percentiles; whisker caps indicate 5 and 95 percentiles; and closed circles indicate outliers. Data were compared using Student's t-test. Kidney International 2010 78, 1041-1046DOI: (10.1038/ki.2010.285) Copyright © 2010 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions