Figure 1.

Time course of the predictive performance of candidate short-term goals toward ideal long-term goals (“A” and “B”).

“A” was defined as SLEDAI-2K = 0 and PSL ⩽5 mg/day. “B” was defined as proteinuria ⩽0.2 g/day, normal serum Cr level, and PSL ⩽5 mg/day.

AUC, area under the curve; Cr, creatinine; CR, complete remission; CRR, complete renal response; cSLEDAI-R, Clinical Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index Remission; DORIS, definitions of remission in SLE; ER, electron microscopy remission; IR, immunofluorescence remission; PSL, prednisolone.