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Table 1 Patient demographics, medications and renal status at the time of the urine collection.

From: Identification of urinary metabolites that distinguish membranous lupus nephritis from proliferative lupus nephritis and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

  

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

Proliferative LN

(class III or IV)

Pure membranous LN (class V)

  

n of 10 (%)

Median (Range)

n of 7 (%)

Median (Range)

n of 7 (%)

Median (Range)

Females

 

3 (33%)

 

4/7 (57%)

 

5/7 (71%)

 

Race

Black

2/10 (20%)

 

3/7 (42%)

 

3/7 (42%)

 
 

White

5/10 (50%)

 

2/7 (29%)

 

2/7 (29%)

 
 

Other

3/10 (30%)*

 

2/7 (29%)†

 

3/7 (43%)**

 

Medications

Oral prednisone

4/10 (40%)

 

7/7 (100%)

 

4/7 (57%)

 
 

Mycophenolate mofetil

5/10 (50%)

 

3/7 (43%)

 

5/7 (71%)

 
 

Cyclophosphamide

-

 

2/7 (29%)

 

1/7 (14%)

 
 

Angiotensin blocking agent

9/10 (90%)

 

2/7 (29%)

 

6/7 (86%)

 

Kidney Status

GFR < 60 ml/min/m2

4/10 (40%)

 

1/7 (14%)

 

1/7 (14%)

 
 

Protein: creatinine ratio > 0.5

5/5 (100%)

 

7/7 (100%)

 

7/7 (100%)

 
 

Renal SDI score > 0Â¥

-

 

0/3

 

1/4 (25%)

 
 

Renal SLEDAI score‡

-

  

4 (0-16)

 

8 (4-12)

 

Presence of anti double-stranded-dsDNA

-

 

7/7 (100%)

 

4/7 (67%)

 
  1. ‡ Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease activity Index (SLEDAI) - renal component score; ¥ Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics/American College of Rheumatology Damage Index - renal component score; *American Indian 1, Asian 1, Mixed racial 1; † Asian 1, Mixed racial 1; ** Asian 1, Unknown