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. 2018 Sep 27;2018:4528547. doi: 10.1155/2018/4528547

Table 3.

Associations of the presence of anti-dsDNA isotypes and anti-C1q antibody with active/inactive SLE patients, LN/non-LN groups, and active/inactive LN cases.

Activity of SLE (N = 96) SLE with renal involvement (N = 96) Activity of LN (N = 50)
Active SLE Inactive SLE p value LN Non-LN p value Active LN Inactive LN p value
Anti-dsDNA IgG 82.5% (47/57) 53.8% (21/39) 0.002 76% (38/50) 71.7% (33/46) NS 78.8% (26/33) 58.8% (10/17) NS
Anti-dsDNA IgM 49.1% (28/57) 38.5% (15/39) NS 32% (16/50) 58.7% (27/46) 0.005 33.3% (11/33) 29.4% (5/17) NS
Anti-dsDNA IgA 42.1% (24/57) 20.5% (8/39) 0.028 28% (14/50) 37.0% (17/46) NS 30.3% (10/33) 29.4% (5/17) NS
Anti-C1q 63.2% (36/57) 25.6% (10/39) 0.000 56% (28/50) 39.1% (18/46) 0.032 33.3% (11/33) 23.5% (4/17) NS

SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus; LN: lupus nephritis; NS: no significance; p < 0.05, chi-squared test.