Table 4. The main demographic, laboratory and pathology features of all patients with lupus nephritis and in patients with class III and IV according to gender of patients.
|
Total patients |
Class III | Class IV | *P value | |||||
| Total | Female | Male | Total | Female | Male | |||
| Age (years) | 32.7±12 | 30.7±15 | 30.3±12 | 32±24 | 32.8±12 | 32.7±11 | 33.5±15 | 0.545 |
| Creatinine (mg/dl) | 1.5±0.9 | 1.2±0.5 | 1.1±0.4 | 1.4±0.8 | 2.1±1 | 2.1±0.9 | 2±1.5 | 0.0001 |
| Proteinuria/day (mg) | 2600± 1939 | 2842± 2972 | 2338± 1571 | 4519± 5513 | 2761 ± 1238 | 2864 ± 1284 | 2317 ± 972 | 0.882 |
| Mean number of totally sclerotic glomeruli | 1.4±2.8 | 1.07±2.3 | 1.3±2.6 | 0.16±0.4 | 2.2±3.5 | 2.4±3.8 | 1.4±1.3 | 0.152 |
| Activity (%) | 38±34 | 30±23 | 32.2±25 | 22.5±14 | 64±28 | 64.8±28 | 61±32 | 0.0001 |
| Chronicity (%) | 10.7±16 | 8.3±10 | 9.7±10 | 3.5±3.9 | 17.9±21 | 18.2±20 | 16.5±26 | 0.036 |
| Number of glomeruli with crescents | 1.1±2 | 0.61±0.98 | 0.65±1 | 0.5±0.8 | 2.3±2.9 | 2.3±2.7 | 2.3±3.9 | 0.005 |
| Proportion of endocapillary proliferation | 0.67±0.4 | 0.76±0.4 | 0.8±0.4 | 0.6±0.51 | 0.94±0.2 | 0.9±0.2 | 1±0 | 0.03 |
*Comparison Class III and Class IV was made by two-sample t test.