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. 2020 May 27;7:222. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.00222

Table 1.

Clinical and laboratory characteristics of the study population.

Patient Age, sex, ethnicity Disease duration (years) Antibodies, complement levels Renal biopsy (time before BEL initiation) LN class Previous therapies Proteinuria (mg/g creatinine) (Baseline, after 6 months [% reduction]) Current therapy GC (mg/d) (Baseline, after 6 months [% reduction])
1 49, f,
Asian
15 ANA+, dsDNA+, SSA+, SSB+, Histone +, C3↓, C4↓ 1 month IV–G GC, CYC, HCQ, MMF 4,074, 1202 (−70.5%) GC, MMF 50, 2.5 (−95%)
2 52, f,
Caucasian
19 ANA+, dsDNA+ 12.5 years V–IV GC, HCQ, TAC 117, 76 (−35.04%) GC, HCQ, TAC 5, 5 (0%)
3 30, f,
Caucasian
4 ANA+, dsDNA+, SSA+, SSB+, Histone +, C3↓, C4↓ 4 months IV–G (A) GC, HCQ, MMF 346, 162 (−53.18%) GC, HCQ, MMF 60, 4 (−93.3%)
4 27, f,
Caucasian
8 ANA+, dsDNA+, C3↓ 13 months III (A, C) GC, HCQ, MMF 489, 115 (−76.48%) GC, HCQ, MMF 6.5, 5 (−15.3%)
5 35, f,
Caucasian
4 ANA+, dsDNA+, Histone +, C3↓, C4↓ 4 months III A GC, MMF 159, 74 (−53.46%) GC, AZA, HCQ 15, 5 (−66.3%)
6 40, f,
Caucasian
17 ANA+, dsDNA+, APLA+ 2 months IV GC, CYC, AZA, MMF 4,420, 121 (−97.26%) GC, MMF 15, 5(−66.6%)
7 75, m,
Caucasian
19 ANA+, dsDNA+, U1snRNP+, Histone+, C3↓, C4↓ 17 years None GC, CYC, AZA, MTX, RTX 1,783, 655 (−63.26%) GC, AZA 20, 2.5 (−87.5%)

ANA, antinuclear antibody; APLA, anti-phospholipid antibodies; AZA, azathioprine; C3/4, complement factor 3/4; CYC, cyclophosphamide; dsDNA; double-stranded DNA; f, female; GC, glucocorticoids; HCQ, hydroxychloroquine; LN, lupus nephritis; m, male; MMF, mycophenolate mofetil; MTX, methotrexate; RTX, rituximab; TAC, tacrolimus.