Adult minimal change disease: Clinicopathologic characteristics, treatment response and outcome at a single center in Pakistan

Table 2 A comparison of baseline clinical and laboratory characteristics of adults with minimal change disease with international studies

Characteristics	Present study	Korbet et al[13]	Nolasco et al[14]	Mak et al[15]	Fujimoto et al[16]	Keskar et al[17]
Number of patients	23	40	89	51	33	61
Age (years) (mean ± SD)	26.34 ± 10.28	41 ± 20	42 ± 19	37 ± 11	28 ± 11	30.46 ± 13.43
Males (%)	65.2	48	56	70	67	54
Urinary proteins (g/day) (mean ± SD)	4.53 ± 2.43	8.7 ± 5.7	10.2	16.4	12.4	5.33 ± 3.75
Serum Albumin (g/dL) (mean ± SD)	1.94 ± 0.90	2.13 ± 0.8	1.9	1.7	1.8	2.0 ± 0.71
Hypertension (%)	30.47	21	30	55	9	6.55
Hematuria (%)	8.7	21	28	33	15	13.11