From: The renal metallothionein expression profile is altered in human lupus nephritis
Variable | Number of ESRD patients/total number of patients | Patient-years | ESRD rate/1,000 patient-years | Rate ratio | P valuea |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tubular MT scoreb | |||||
< 1.0 | 6/16 | 79 | 75.9 | 6.2 | 0.03 |
≥ 1.0 | 1/21 | 82 | 12.1 | 1.0 | |
Chronicity index score | |||||
< 4 | 4/30 | 137 | 29.2 | 1 | 0.04 |
≥ 4 | 3/7 | 24 | 125 | 4.2 | |
Interstitial fibrosis | |||||
< 2 | 4/31 | 143.5 | 27.8 | 1 | 0.008 |
≥ 2 | 3/6 | 17.5 | 171.4 | 6.1 |