Table 4 Associations between pathological features and eGFR decline by 30%; Cox proportional hazard models (n = 162)

 I or II (ref)

1.00

 III

1.25

(0.12–12.86)

0.85

 IV

0.72

(0.05–9.64)

0.80

 III+V

2.07

(0.21–20.34)

0.53

 IV+V

3.00

(0.23–38.81)

0.40

 V

1.47

(0.16–13.30)

0.73

 Activity index

1.04

(0.91–1.18)

0.55

 Chronicity index

1.28

(1.09–1.50)

< 0.01

 Activity/chronicity index

1.00

(0.95–1.05)

0.94