Table 3. Characteristics of SLE patients with lupus nephritis.

Demographic data	Age, mean +/- SD	36 +/- 14.6
	Male/Female, n (%)	12 (33) / 24 (67)
	White/African/Asian, n (%)	30 (83)/5 (14)/1 (3)
Renal abnormalities	Urinary casts (heme-granular or RBC casts)	24 (69)
n (%)	High blood pressure	6 (17)
	Proteinuria	34 (94)
	Abnormal creatinine	13 (36)
ISN/RPS 2003 class	I	2 (6)
n (%)	II	1 (3)
	III	4 (11)
	IV	23 (64)
	V	6 (17)
Therapy	Corticoids	21 (58)
n (%)	Azathioprine	3 (8)
	Plaquenil	13 (36)
	Methotrexate	1 (3)
	Rituximab	2 (6)
	Mycophenolate mofetil	3 (8)

RBC, red blood cells