Table 1.
Variable | LN patients with two or more renal biopsies (n = 220) |
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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).