Herein, sex, hemoglobin, white blood cell count, platelet count, serum creatinine, TC, TG, LDL, urinary RBC, proteinuria (g/24 h), anti-PLA2R, the prevalence of hypertension, prevalence of glomerular sclerosis, prevalence of segmental glomerulosclerosis, and prevalence of arteriolar hyalinosis were similar between the two groups. Here, PLA2R1 is linked to glomerulosclerosis.