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Official Journal of the Human Genome Organisation

Table 4 The distribution of renal function for each genotype for the four treatment arms

From: High dose Losartan and ACE gene polymorphism in IgA nephritis

Treatment

Renal failure

ACE

P-value*

DD

ID

II

High dose ARB

Improved

4 (66.67%)

8 (40%)

11 (31.42%)

0.065

Stable

2 (33.33%)

10 (50%)

17 (48.57%)

ESRF

0 (0%)

2 (10%)

7 (20%)

Total

6 (100%)

20 (100%)

35 (100%)

Low dose ARB

Improved

0 (0%)

5 (31.25%)

4 (16.67%)

0.848

Stable

4 (80%)

8 (50%)

14 (58.33%)

ESRF

1 (20%)

3 (18.75%)

6 (25%)

Total

5 (100%)

16 (100%)

24 (100%)

ACEI 20 mg

Improved

2 (15.38%)

1 (4.54%)

3 (10.34%)

0.838

Stable

8 (61.53%)

13 (59.09%)

18 (62.07%)

ESRF

3 (23.08%)

8 (36.36%)

8 (27.59%)

Total

13 (100%)

22 (100%)

29 (100%)

ACEI 10 mg

Improved

2 (33.33%)

1 (5.56%)

0 (0%)

0.037

Stable

3 (50%)

14 (77.78%)

8 (61.54%)

ESRF

1 (16.67%)

3 (16.67%)

5 (38.46%)

Total

6 (100%)

18 (100%)

13 (100%)

  1. The table shows the no. of patients (% of patients) with improved, stable renal function and ESRF
  2. P-value are from Chi-square test for trend