Table 1 Amount of male fetal cells in renal biopsies from patients with lupus nephritis, pregnancy history and serum creatinine levels ^a

Time since birth of first male child (yr)

 1 to 15 (n = 5)

9.25 ± 12.37

NS

 >15 (n = 9)

5.5 ± 9.6

Time since SLE diagnosis (yr)

 1 to 5 (n = 5)

10 ± 13.6

 >5 (n = 9)

5.08 ± 8

Number of male pregnancies

 1 (n = 0)

7.99 ± 10.75

NS

 >1 (n = 4)

3.7 ± 7.5

Serum creatinine (mg/dl)

 ≤1.5 mg/dl (n = 10)

9.5 ± 11.2

 >1.5 mg/dl (n = 3)

0.12 ± 0.2