Table 1.

Correlations of renal NEU1 expression and clinical features in patients with proliferative lupus nephritis

Glomeruli expression	r	P value	Tubulointerstitium expression	r	P value
Serum creatinine (μmol/L)	0.416	0.001	Serum creatinine (μmol/L)	0.428	<0.001
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)	−0.307	0.019	eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)	−0.375	0.004
C3 (g/L)	0.192	0.149	C3 (g/L)	0.256	0.053
Proteinuria (g/24 hours)	−0.011	0.938	Proteinuria (g/24 hours)	−0.038	0.779
Albumin (g/L)	−0.019	0.888	Albumin (g/L)	0.228	0.085
SLEDAI	−0.126	0.348	SLEDAI	−0.242	0.067
AI	0.222	0.093	AI	0.075	0.575
CI	0.278	0.035	CI	0.407	0.002

AI, activity index; CI, chronicity index; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; NEU1, neuraminidase 1; SLEDAI, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index.