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. 2021 Oct 19;61(6):2483–2493. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab775

Table 1.

Clinical and demographic characteristics

Variable LN patients with two or more renal biopsies (n = 220)
Female, n (%) 199 (90)
Age at first biopsy, median (range), years 28 (9–60)
Race/ethnicity, n (%)
 Black/African American 118 (54)
 White 59 (27)
 Asian 25 (11)
 Other 18 (8)
Time between first and second biopsy, mean (range), years 3.9 (0.3–28)
Treatment after first biopsy (n = 63), n (%)
 HCQ 51 (81)
 Mycophenolate 31 (49)
 AZA 12 (19)
 CYC 4 (6)
 Prednisone 52 (82)
 ACE inhibitors or ARBs 24 (38)
 Vitamin D (n = 21) 16 (76)
Treatment at the time of second biopsy (n = 64), n (%)
 HCQ 57 (89)
 Mycophenolate 38 (59)
 AZA 14 (22)
 CYC 1 (1.6)
 Prednisone (n = 54) 40 (63)
 ACE inhibitors or ARBs 37 (58)
 Vitamin D (n = 39) 33 (52)
 Tacrolimus 1 (1.6)

All LN patients in the Hopkins Lupus Cohort with two or more renal biopsies were included (n = 220, 542 biopsies).