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. 2017 Mar 3;12(3):e0173201. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173201

Table 3. Outcome of patients with PLA2R-related PMN.

Remission (N = 41) No remission (N = 21)
n* n* p-value
Age at diagnosis(years) 41 51.4 [33.3; 59.3] 21 63.5 [53.9; 70.9] 0.00017
At diagnosis
Proteinuria (g/d) 41 6.0 [3.1; 10.0] 21 8.5 [5.1; 13.1] 0.0293
eGFR (mL/min) 41 87.0 [64.0; 107.0] 21 61.0 [44.0; 84.0] 0.0059
Serum albumin (g/L) 41 19.6 [15.9; 26.0] 21 21.6 [16.8; 25.6] 0.6357
PLA2R-Ab (RU/mL) 35 44.4 [0.0 ; 188.9] 17 324.2 [157.5 ; 508.3] 0.0018
PLA2R Ab serology 35 17 0.0783
    Positive 25 (71.4%) 16 (94.1%)
    Negative 10 (28.6%) 1 (5.9%)
PLA2R-Ag 39 19 1
    Positive 37 (94.9%) 19 (100%)
    Negative 2 (5.1%) 0 (0.0%)
At 6months
Proteinuria (g/d) 28 4.5 [2.4; 6.9] 15 8.0 [4.0; 13.3] 0.0350
eGFR (mL/min) 27 78.0 [56.0; 111.0] 15 33.0 [18.0; 52.0] <0.0001
Serum albumin (g/L) 26 24.0 [20.0; 29.0] 15 22.4 [20.8; 30.0] 0.7568
PLA2R-Ab (RU/mL) 25 35.6 [0.0 ; 76.1] 8 291.2 [108.5; 606.3] 0.0035
Rituximab 15 (36.6) 7 (33.3) P = 0.80
End of follow-up
Proteinuria (g/d) 39 0.3 [0.3; 1.4] 18 6.0 [1.0; 8.0] < 0.0001
eGFR (mL/min) 39 80.0 [66.0; 101.0] 19 28.0 [1.0; 48.0] < 0.0001
Serumalbumin (g/L) 38 39.0 [35.0; 41.0] 13 35.0 [23.5; 36.0] 0.0064
PLA2R –Ab (RU/mL) 33 0.0 [0.0 ; 0.0] 13 49.3 [0.0 ; 207.7] 0.0008
PLA2R- Ab serology 33 13 0.0017
    Positive 6 (18.2%) 9 (69.2%)
    Negative 27 (81.8) 4 (30.8%)
    Ab disappearance 20/ 23 (87.0) 3/12 (25.0%) 0.0005
CKD ≥ 4 40 20 < 0.0001
    Yes 0 (0.0) 13 (61.9)
    No 41(100.0) 8(38.1)

* number of patients.

Frequencies (percentage) or medians (interquartile range) are shown. Quantitative variables were compared by a Student’s t-test or a Wilcoxon rank-sum test, and categorical variables were compared by a Pearson's Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test.