From: Urinary angiostatin, CXCL4 and VCAM-1 as biomarkers of lupus nephritis
 | ISN/RPS class III/IV ± V lupus nephritis (N = 50) | ISN/RPS class I, II, V lupus nephritis (N = 18) | P value |
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Urinary angiostatin (ng/ng) | 19.0 ± 27.8 | 17.6 ± 23.0 | 0.83 |
Urinary CXCL4 (pg/ng) | 9.95 ± 16.7 | 4.22 ± 7.31 | 0.06 |
Urinary VCAM-1 (pg/ng) | 1330 ± 1380 | 1560 ± 1140 | 0.50 |
Serum anti-dsDNA (IU/ml) | 254 ± 81.2 | 179 ± 116 | 0.02 |
Serum C3 (g/L) | 0.43 ± 0.17 | 0.60 ± 0.26 | 0.02 |
Histological activity index | 8.9 ± 3.2 | 1.6 ± 2.0 | < 0.001 |
Histological chronicity index | 2.5 ± 0.8 | 0.9 ± 1.3 | 0.001 |
Renal SLEDAI score | 9.3 ± 3.1 | 6.4 ± 2.4 | < 0.001 |
Urinary P/Cr | 3.3 ± 2.3 | 4.1 ± 5.4 | 0.56 |