Table 6.

ANA profile distribution along the various histological classes of lupus nephritis

ANA profile	Histological classification of lupus nephritis					P value
	Class II	Class III	Class IV	Class V	Class VI
	(N = 9)	(N = 16)	(N = 12)	(N = 1)	(N = 3)
Anti RNP/Sm antibodies	1 (11.1%)	2 (12.5%)	5 (41.7%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0.23
Anti Sm antibodies	1 (11.1%)	1 (6.25%)	5 (41.7%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0.11
Anti SS-A antibodies	1 (11.14%)	6 (37.5%)	2 (16.7%)	0 (0%)	1 (33.3%)	0.53
Anti RO52 antibodies	2 (22.2%)	8 (50%)	5 (41.7%)	0 (0%)	1 (3.3%)	0.63
Anti SS-B antibodies	0 (0%)	3 (18.75%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0.28
Anti PM-Scl antibodies	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (8.3%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0.65
Anti PCNA antibodies	1 (11.1%)	0 (0%)	1 (8.3%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0.72
Anti dsDNA antibodies	5 (55.6%)	7 (43.75%)	9 (75%)	1 (100%)	0 (0%)	0.13
Anti-Nucleosomes antibodies	0 (0%)	3 (18.75%)	8 (66.7%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0.005*
Anti-Histones antibodies	0 (0%)	2 (12.5%)	4 (33.3%)	0 (0%)	1 (33.3%)	0.29
Anti† RP-protein antibodies	0 (0%)	2 (12.5%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0.51
Anti AMA-M2 antibodies	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (33.3%)	0.011*

^†Ribosomal-P-Protein.  No patients with lupus nephritis had a positive anti Scl-70, JO1 or Centromere B antibodies