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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Oct 20.
Published in final edited form as: Kidney Int. 2022 Jun 22;102(4):904–916. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2022.05.027

Table 1:

Clinical and immunological features of 165 patients with C3 Glomerulopathy including 64 children and 101 adults

Nb All patients
165
Children
64
Adults
101
Clinical data at diagnosis
Sex (% of male) 165 82 (50%) 25 (39%) 57 (56%) 0.01
Age (years) 165 20 [10–39] 8[6–11] 33[21–54] <0.0001
Proteinuira g/day 96 3,1 [1.9–6.4] 3[1.6–5.4] 3.5[2.3–6.6] 0.72
Nephrotic range proteinuria 143 67 (47%) 23/56 (41%) 34/85 (40%) 0.13
Estimated GFR (ml/min/1.73 m2) 151 65 [28–100] 80 [40–100] 56 [28–100] 0.11
Stage 3–5 CKD n (%) 151 71 (47%) 25/61 (41%) 46/90 (51%) 0.22
Immunological data at diagnosis
C3 (660 to 1250 mg/L) 165 557 [257–879] 443[192–847] 578[311–1680] 0.08
Low C3 (<660 mg/L) (%) 165 97 (59%) 40/64 (63%) 57/101 (56%) 0.51
Soluble C5b-9 (ng/mL) 165 482 [310–849] 488[323–868] 482[289–847] 0.72
High sC5b-9 (>460ng/mL) (%) 165 84 (51%) 33 (52%) 51 (50%) 0.99
C4 (93 to 380 mg/L) 154 226[169–286] 222[151–274] 234[179–296] 0.42
Factor H level (% of normal) 144 105 [82–124] 104[82–126} 105[83–123] 0.85
Factor H (<65% of the normal) (%) 142 6 (6%) 1/50 (2%) 5/92 (5%) 0.33
Factor I level (% of the normal) 142 109[95–124] 114[99–130] 105[92–120] 0.12
Low Factor I (<) (%) 142 4 (3%) 2/50 (4%) 2/92 (2%) 0.52
C3NeF n (%) 161 90 (56%) 50/64 (78%) 40/99 (40%) <0.0001
C5NeF n (%) 92 35 (38%) 20/43 (47%) 15/51 (29%) 0.13
Anti-FH auto-antibodies n (%) 154 22 (14%) 11/56 (19%) 11/98 (11%) 0.15
rare/pathogenic variant 140 26 (19%) 9/53 (17%) 17/87 (20%) 0.82
Follow-up
Median Follow-up (months) 162 47 [19–82] 60 [20–99] 36[16–75] 0.02
ESKD n (%) 162 46 (28%) 11/62 (18%) 35/100 (35%) 0.02
Duration of evolution until ESKD (months) 22 [9–77] 30[18–88] 21[6–66] 0.33

Abbreviations:, CKD, chronic kidney disease, ESKD, end stage kidney disease; eGFR, Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate, FH, factor H, sC5b9: soluble C5b9

Results are expressed as median plus interquartile (IQR).