Volume 77, Issue 10, Pages 921-927 (May 2010) The Oxford IgA nephropathy clinicopathological classification is valid for children as well as adults Rosanna Coppo, Stéphan Troyanov, Roberta Camilla, Ronald J. Hogg, Daniel C. Cattran, H. Terence Cook, John Feehally, Ian S.D. Roberts, Alessandro Amore, Charles E. Alpers, Jonathan Barratt, Francois Berthoux, Stephen Bonsib, Jan A. Bruijn, Vivette D'Agati, Giuseppe D'Amico, Steven N. Emancipator, Francesco Emma, Franco Ferrario, Fernando C. Fervenza, Sandrine Florquin, Agnes B. Fogo, Colin C. Geddes, Hermann J. Groene, Mark Haas, Andrew M. Herzenberg, Prue A. Hill, Stephen I. Hsu, J. Charles Jennette, Kensuke Joh, Bruce A. Julian, Tetsuya Kawamura, Fernand M. Lai, Lei S. Li, Philip K. Li, Zhi H. Liu, Sergio Mezzano, F. Paolo Schena, Yasuhiko Tomino, Patrick D. Walker, Haiyan Wang, Jan J. Weening, Norishige Yoshikawa, Hong Zhang Kidney International Volume 77, Issue 10, Pages 921-927 (May 2010) DOI: 10.1038/ki.2010.43 Copyright © 2010 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Histological findings according to different age groups. Children represented 22% of the population and were considered as the first quartile for age; adult patients were divided in three groups (quartiles 2, 3, and 4). Trend test was performed on quartiles using Spearman correlation. Differences between children ≤13.0 and adolescents are also shown and discussed in the text. Kidney International 2010 77, 921-927DOI: (10.1038/ki.2010.43) Copyright © 2010 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Immunosuppressive treatment during follow-up. Kidney International 2010 77, 921-927DOI: (10.1038/ki.2010.43) Copyright © 2010 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Correlation between proteinuria and histological findings. *Proteinuria was expressed in g/24 h/1.73 m2 for subjects aged less than 18 years and in g/day in adults (see Materials and Methods). Kidney International 2010 77, 921-927DOI: (10.1038/ki.2010.43) Copyright © 2010 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions