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. 2019 Oct 25;14(11):1605–1615. doi: 10.2215/CJN.01570219

Table 2.

Proportion of cases with pathologic features in various glomerular diseases

Diagnosis No. of 
Cases IgG Dominant C1q ≥2+ Tubuloreticular Inclusions Full-House Staininga Extraglomerular Depositsb Tissue ANA Mesangial Deposits Subendothelial Deposits Subepithelial Deposits Subendothelial and Subepithelial Deposits
Lupus nephritis 300 0.98 0.68 0.80 0.71 0.79 0.11 1.00 0.84 0.89 0.76
All nonlupus GN 560 0.47 0.12 0.04 0.1 0.07 0 0.7 0.39 0.4 0.2
Immune complex–mediated MPGN 77 0.52 0.23 0.09 0.21 0.16 0.01 0.95 0.82 0.34 0.34
Immune complex–mediated GN, NOS 36 0.69 0.22 0.22 0.36 0.25 0 0.92 0.67 0.56 0.44
Infection-related GN 47 0.09 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.04 0 1.00 0.81 0.79 0.66
Membranous glomerulopathy 100 1.00 0.05 0.07 0.11 0.06 0 0.34 0.14 1.00 0.14
 PLA2R+ 51 1.00 0 0 0.08 0.02 0 0.14 0.06 1.00 0.06
 PLA2R– 49 1.00 0.1 0.14 0.14 0.10 0 0.55 0.22 1.00 0.22
IgA nephropathy/HSP 100 0.01 0 0 0.07 0 0 1.00 0.45 0.18 0.13
Pauci-immune GN 100 0.17 0.02 0 0.03 0 0 0.29 0.09 0.10 0.04
Anti-GBM disease 25 1.00 0.04 0 0.04 0 0 0.12 0 0.12 0
Fibrillary GN 25 1.00 0.20 0.04 0.04 0.32 0 1.00 0 0.04 0
C1q nephropathy 25 0.12 0.88 0 0.16 0.00 0 1.00 0.12 0 0
Proliferative GN with monoclonal Ig deposits 25 1.00 0.28 0 0.04 0.04 0 0.92 0.92 0.36 0.36

ANA, anti-nuclear antibody; MPGN, membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis; NOS, not otherwise specified; PLA2R, phospholipase A2 receptor; HSP, Henoch–Schönlein purpura; Anti-GBM disease, antiglomerular basement membrane disease.

a

Defined as at least trace staining for IgG, IgA, IgM, C1q, and C3 on a scale of 0–3.

b

By immunofluorescence with at least trace intensity or electron microscopy.