Figure - PMC

Skip to main content

An official website of the United States government

Here's how you know

Here's how you know

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

View full-text article in PMC

. 2023 May 31;10(1):e000932. doi: 10.1136/lupus-2023-000932

Search in PMC
Search in PubMed
View in NLM Catalog
Add to search

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2023. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

PMC Copyright notice

The increase in chronic kidney damage during treatment. All patients analysed had three kidney biopsies. The patients were divided in those who achieved a complete histological remission by biopsy 3 (orange) and those who still had histological activity on biopsy 3 (green). The trajectory of the overall chronicity index is shown in the first graph, followed by the overall chronicity index in which the component score for fibrous crescents had been removed (Chronicity Index-3 Components). This was done because fibrous crescents are difficult to distinguish from glomerulosclerosis and appear to resolve over time, flattening the trajectory of the overall chronicity index. Time is given in months after the first (diagnostic) biopsy at time 0. The trajectories of the individual components of the chronicity index are also given. Linear splines that account for each patient at each time point are shown.