Histological antiphospholipid-associated nephropathy versus lupus nephritis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: an observational cross-sectional study with longitudinal follow-up

Table 3 Histopathological findings in the study cohort

	All patients	LN	hAPLN	P value
	(n = 112)	(n = 96)	(n = 16)	P value
Hypertensive vascular changes	37 (33)	29 (30)	8 (50)	0.01
Inflammatory infiltrates	41 (37)	30 (31)	11 (69)	0.007
Interstitial fibrosis	82 (73)	67 (70)	15 (94)	0.02
Intima changes	50 (45)	35 (37)	15 (94)	<0.0001
Tubular atrophy	63 (56)	48 (50)	15 (94)	0.002

Values are shown as n (%). P values are comparisons between the two diagnostic groups: lupus nephritis (LN) and histopathological antiphospholipid-associated nephropathy (hAPLN).

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