From: The spectrum of renal thrombotic microangiopathy in lupus nephritis
 | LN with renal TMA | LN without renal TMA | P-value |
---|---|---|---|
Number of patients | 36 | 112 | Â |
Hemoglobin (mean ± SD) (g/l) | 92.33 ± 22.03 | 101.29 ± 25.29 | 0.059 |
Urine protein (mean ± SD) (g/24hours) | 7.09 ± 4.64 | 4.75 ± 3.13 | 0.007 |
Serum creatinine (median; inter-quartile range) (μmol/l) | 159.00 86.00, 215.00 | 81.50 68.00, 111.50 | <0.001 |
Number of positive ANA (%) | 36 (100) | 111 (99.1) | 1.0 |
Number of positive anti-dsDNA (%) | 28 (77.8) | 85 (75.9) | 0.817 |
Number of positive anti-cardiolipin (%) | 1 (2.8) | 7 (6.2) | 0.680 |
Number of positive anti-β2 GP-I (%) | 1 (2.8) | 8 (7.1) | 0.688 |
C3 (mean ± SD) (mg/ml) | 0.51 ± 0.29 | 0.59 ± 0.34 | 0.210 |