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Table 2 Comparison between histologic parameters of LN-GMT and LN-non-GMT groups*

From: Antiphospholipid antibody profiles in lupus nephritis with glomerular microthrombosis: a prospective study of 124 cases

 

LN-GMT

(n = 25)

LN-non-GMT

(n = 99)

P value

ISN/RPS classification

  

<0.001†

I

0 (0)

3 (3.0)

 

II

0 (0)

2 (2.0)

 

III

0 (0)

15 (15.2)

 

IV

16 (64.0)

23 (23.2)

 

V

0 (0)

28 (28.3)

 

VI

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

III + V

2 (8.0)

19 (19.2)

 

IV + V

7 (28.0)

9 (9.1)

 

Activity index

8 (6 to 9.5)

3 (2 to 5)

<0.001

Chronicity index

3 (2 to 4)

2 (1 to 3)

0.004

  1. * Except where indicated otherwise, values are the number (%) of patients or median (25th–75th percentile) as appropriate.
  2. † P value for the difference in the ISN/RPS classification distribution between the two groups.
  3. GMT = glomerular microthrombosis; ISN = International Society of Nephrology; LN = lupus nephritis; RPS = Renal Pathology Society.