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. 2021 Dec 23;12:769802. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.769802

Table 1.

Characteristics of IgAN patients by urinary CD163 tertiles at biopsy.

Urinary sCD163 (ng/mg Cr)
Variable a Overall T1 (<1.27) T2 (1.27-3.57) T3 (>3.57) P b
No. of patients 349 116 117 116
Age, y 40.95 ± 12.73 40.59 ± 12.47 39.45 ± 12.01 42.80 ± 13.54 0.125
Male 191 (54.7%) 78 (67.2%) 63 (53.8%) 50 (43.1%) 0.001
BMI, kg/m2 24.33 ± 3.63 24.65 ± 3.30 24.01 ± 3.79 24.32 ± 3.79 0.409
Hypertension 178 (51.0%) 58 (50.0%) 58 (49.6%) 62 (53.4%) 0.811
Diabetes 17 (4.9%) 7 (6%) 3 (2.6%) 7 (6%) 0.364
MAP, mmHg 98.83 ± 11.84 97.03 ± 10.72 99.65 ± 12.18 99.82 ± 12.42 0.131
Hemoglobin, g/L 128.55 ± 19.46 134.82 ± 17.40 129.32 ± 20.05 121.63 ± 19.68 <0.0001
Serum albumin, g/L 39.04 ± 4.74 41.03 ± 3.44 39.79 ± 4.08 36.33 ± 5.24 <0.0001
CRP, mg/dL 0.20 ± 0.38 0.17 ± 0.34 0.21 ± 0.41 0.23 ± 0.37 0.437
Serum creatinine, mg/dL 1.28 ± 0.65 1.13 ± 0.40 1.27 ± 0.60 1.43 ± 0.83 0.002
eGFR, mL/min/1.73m2 74.35 ± 29.35 81.97 ± 25.56 74.51 ± 28.36 66.59 ± 31.98 <0.0001
Proteinuria, g/24h 1.47 ± 1.22 0.75 ± 0.63 1.33 ± 0.96 2.33 ± 1.36 <0.0001
Urinary IL6, ng/mg Cr 54.38 ± 65.54 30.10 ± 28.27 51.94 ± 63.41 80.91 ± 82.51 <0.0001
Urinary MCP-1, ng/mg Cr 561.90 ± 501.73 331.60 ± 316.51 508.65 ± 368.80 843.92 ± 622.03 <0.0001
Use ACEI/ARBs at biopsy 78 (22.3%) 26 (22.4%) 30 (25.6%) 22 (19%) 0.473
Renal biopsy Lee’s classification <0.0001
Mild (I-II) 49 (14.0%) 32 (27.6%) 12 (10.3%) 5 (4.3%)
Moderate (III) 79 (22.6%) 34 (29.3%) 30 (25.6%) 15 (12.9%)
Severe (IV-V) 221 (63.3%) 50 (43.1%) 75 (64.1%) 96 (82.8%)
Oxford MEST-C
M1 302 (86.5%) 78 (67.2%) 111 (94.9%) 113 (97.4%) <0.0001
E1 46 (13.2%) 7 (6.0%) 15 (12.8%) 24 (20.7%) 0.004
S1 191 (54.7%) 44 (37.9%) 66 (56.4%) 81 (69.8%) <0.0001
T1-2 156 (44.7%) 30 (25.9%) 53 (45.3%) 73 (62.9%) <0.0001
C1-2 113 (38.1%) 17 (14.7%) 49 (41.9%) 67 (57.8%) <0.0001

BMI, body mass index; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; MAP, mean arterial blood pressure; CRP, C-reactive protein; U-MCP-1, urinary monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; ACEI, Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors; ARBs, Angiotensin II receptor blockers; MEST-C, histologic score based on mesangial hypercellularity, the presence of endocapillary proliferation, segmental glomerulosclerosis/adhesion, and severity of tubular atrophy/interstitial fibrosis, and crescents formation; T, tertile.

a

Continuous variables are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. Categorial variables are expressed as number (percent).

b

Comparing the covariated across the 3 urinary sCD163 categories.