Table 2.
Light microscopy findings according to the presence of glomerular crescents
| Variables | Total (n = 327) |
Crescent (n = 10) |
No crescent (n = 317) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global glomerulosclerosis | 0.194 | |||
| < 20% | 117 (35.8) | 2 (20.0) | 115 (36.3) | |
| 20%–49% | 138 (42.2) | 7 (70.0) | 131 (41.3) | |
| ≥ 50% | 72 (22.0) | 1 (10.0) | 71 (22.4) | |
| Mesangial expansion | 0.798 | |||
| None | 102 (31.2) | 3 (30.0) | 99 (31.2) | |
| Mild | 102 (31.2) | 2 (20.0) | 100 (31.5) | |
| Moderate | 40 (12.2) | 2 (20.0) | 38 (12.0) | |
| Severe | 83 (25.4) | 3 (30.0) | 80 (25.2) | |
| Interstitial fibrosis | 0.356 | |||
| None | 19 (5.8) | 1 (10.0) | 18 (5.7) | |
| Mild | 117 (35.8) | 1 (10.0) | 116 (36.6) | |
| Moderate | 107 (32.7) | 5 (50.0) | 102 (32.2) | |
| Severe | 84 (25.7) | 3 (30.0) | 81 (25.6) | |
| Tubular atrophy | 0.189 | |||
| None | 12 (3.7) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (3.8) | |
| Mild | 103 (31.5) | 1 (10.0) | 102 (32.2) | |
| Moderate | 111 (33.9) | 3 (30.0) | 108 (34.1) | |
| Severe | 101 (30.9) | 6 (60.0) | 95 (30.0) | |
| Interstitial inflammation | 0.579 | |||
| None | 45 (13.8) | 45 (14.2) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Mild | 148 (45.3) | 5 (50.0) | 143 (45.1) | |
| Moderate | 94 (28.7) | 4 (40.0) | 90 (28.4) | |
| Severe | 40 (12.2) | 1 (10.0) | 39 (12.3) | |
| Arteriosclerosis | 191 (58.4) | 5 (50.0) | 186 (58.7) | 0.824 |
Data are presented as the number (%)