title: [Clinical analysis of proteinuria and glomerular lesions in Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis of adults].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the characteristics of proteinuria and glomerular lesions in Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis (HSPN) of adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  The pathologic results and clinical data of 103 HSPN patients were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients with mild or moderate proteinuria accounted for 40.8% and 37.9%, respectively. Patients with nephropathic proteinuria accounted for about 21.4%. Severer proteinuria resulted in higher blood pressure and increased cholesterol, and albumin decreased gradually (P < 0.01); meanwhile, total glomerular lesion, tubulointerstitial lesion, and vascular lesion also became severer (P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Proteinuria may indirectly reflect the severity of glomerular lesions in HSPN of adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, PUMC Hospital, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Dong-yan
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yu-bing
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Hang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xue-wang
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005922:Glomerulonephritis, IGA / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D011695:IgA Vasculitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000097:blood; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009393:Nephritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000209:etiology / Q000652:urine; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M