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. 2024 Feb 12;46(1):2313180. doi: 10.1080/0886022X.2024.2313180

Table 3.

Pathological characteristics of the study population.

  All Seropositive HBV-MN Seronegative HBV-MN p
Membranous nephropathy, n(%) 420(100) 230 190  
Simple 392(93.3) 215(93.5) 177(93.2) .90
Complicated 28(6.7) 15(6.5) 13(6.8)  
ischemic nephropathy 13(3.1) 8(3.5) 5(2.6)  
tubulointerstitial lesion 9(2.1) 6(2.6) 3(1.6)  
IgA nephropathy 3(0.7) 1(0.4) 2(1.1)  
obesity-related glomerulopathy 2(0.5) 0 2(1.1)  
diabetic nephropathy 1(0.2) 0 1(0.5)  
Immune fluorescence distribution of IgG subtypes, n(%) 348(100) 197 151  
IgG1(+) 1(0.3) 1 0 .97
IgG2 or IgG3(+) 0(0) 0 0  
IgG4(+) 7(2.0) 5 2  
IgG1, IgG4(+) 34(9.8) 20 14  
IgG1, IgG2, IgG4(+) 173(49.7) 99 74  
IgG1, IgG3, IgG4(+) 37(10.6) 19 18  
IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, IgG4(+) 89(25.6) 49 40  
Others 7(2.0) 4 3  

Notes: MN, membranous nephropathy; HBV, hepatitis B virus.