Table 5. Multivariate analyses with both models based on previously described parameters associated with relapse.
Parameter | Renal relapse | ||||
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Cox regression model | Fine & Gray’s model | ||||
P Value | csHR (95% CI) | P Value | F&G HR (95% CI) | ||
Serum creatinine | |||||
≤ 100 μmol/L | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
101–200 μmol/L | 0.6 | 0.62 (0.12–3.33) | 0.5 | 0.44 (0.05–3.62) | |
>201 μmol/L | 0.4 | 0.46 (0.08–2.65) | 0.2 | 0.23 (0.02–2.61) | |
Diagnosisa | 0.2 | 0.55 (0.20–1.51) | 0.9 | 0.96 (0.24–3.87) | |
PR3-ANCAb | 0.6 | 0.61 (0.09–4.22) | 0.3 | 0.45 (0.10–2.03) | |
MPO-ANCAb | 0.9 | 0.84 (0.14–5.07) | 0.4 | 0.62 (0.21–1.79) | |
Histopathological class | |||||
Focal | 0.009 | 0.09 (0.02–0.55) | 0.3 | 0.32 (0.04–2.28) | |
Crescentic | 0.006 | 0.21 (0.07–0.64) | 0.2 | 0.46 (0.13–1.63) | |
Mixed | 0.06 | 0.26 (0.07–1.07) | 0.7 | 0.73 (0.18–2.98) | |
Sclerotic | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Sample size: 112 patients
Abbreviations: 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; ANCA, anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody; csHR, cause-specific hazard ratio; MPO, myeloperoxidase; NS, not significant; PR3, proteinase 3; F&G HR, Fine and Gray’s hazard ratio.
aReference group: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis.
bReference group: Negative.