Table 3.

Baseline laboratory measures by lupus nephritis damage status in the cohort (N = 89)

Measure	NGAL	Ceruloplasmin	KIM-1	MCP-1	Osteopontin	TGFB	Adiponectin	Transferrin	VDBP	LFABP*	UPCR
Correlations of unadjusted urine concentrations
NGAL	1.00
CP	0.29**	1.00
KIM-1	0.50****	0.25**	1.00
MCP-1	0 53****	0.50****	0.62****	1.00
Osteopontin	−0.13	0.21	0.13	0.25**	1.00
TGFB	0.53****	0.42***	0.50****	0.50****	0.22	1.00
Adiponectin	0 43***	0.55****	0.41***	0.45****	0.20	0.49****	1.00
Transferrin	0 40***	0.48****	0.52****	0.55****	0.15	0.42***	0.45****
VDBP	0.56****	0.44***	0.50****	0 47****	0.02	0.52****	0.64****	0.60****	1.00
LFABP	0.58****	0.22	0.58****	0.62****	0.23	0.45****	0.45****	0.60****	0.74****	1.00
UPCR	0.30**	0.31**	0.30**	0.17	0.00	0.27**	0.45****	0.39***	0.48****	0.48****	1.00
GFR	−0.34***	−0.14	−0.38***	−0.31**	0.23**	−0.16	−0.17	−0.19	−0.23**	−0.39****	−0.20
NIH-C1	0.16	−0.08	0.08	−0.04	−0.35***	−0.06	0.06	−0.07	0.06	−0.09	0.18
Correlations after urine albumin adjustment
UPCR	0.03	−0.19	−0.23***	−0.27***	−0.22***	0.06	0.25***	0.39****	0.25***	0.43***	1.00
GFR	0.00	0.24***	0.14	0.16	0.28***	0.11	0.06	−0.10	0.03	−0.31***	−0.20
N1H-C1	0.14	−0.19	−0.10	−0.18	−0.36****	−0.16	0.13	−0.01	0.14	0.02	0.18
Correlations after urine creatinine adjustment
UPCR	0.32**	0.28**	0.33***	0.21	0.02	0.32**	0.46****	0.44***	0.50****	0.55****	1.00
GFR	−0.40***	−0.11	−0.36***	−0.36***	0.21	−0.20	−0.17	−0.19	−0.25**	−0.35***	−0.20
N1H-C1	0.33**	0.10	0.31**	0.16	−0.27**	0.09	0.10	−0.05	0.16	−0.05	0.18

Values are Pearson correlation coefficients. KIM-1 kidney injury molecule-1, MCP-1 monocyte chemotactic protein-1, NGAL neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin, TGFβ transforming growth factor, LFABP fatty acid-binding protein, VDBP vitamin-D binding protein, UPCR urine protein creatinine clearance

^*LFABP was only available in 36 pts

^**p < 0.05

^***p <0.005