Table 3.

Comparison of the mean ADC and R2* values of kidneys in patients with LN before and after induction treatment

		ADC (×10 −3  mm 2 /s)	R2* of cortex (1/sec)	R2* of medulla (1/sec)
Group CR	Before	2.41 ± 0.16	10.25 ± 1.19	13.04 ± 3.15
	After	2.58 ± 0.14a	11.77 ± 1.11a	16.94 ± 3.50a
Group NR	Before	2.43 ± 0.12	10.84 ± 1.96	13.25 ± 0.41
	After	2.40 ± 0.23	10.13 ± 1.64	13.12 ± 0.47

^ap < 0.05.

ADC: apparent diffusion coefficient; CR: complete remission; NR: no response.