The Characteristics and Significance of Locally Infiltrating B Cells in Lupus Nephritis and Their Association with Local BAFF Expression

Table 2

Comparison between histological parameters of LN-B-cell and LN-non-B-cell groups.

	LN-B cell; 𝑛=35	LN-non-B cell; 𝑛=27	𝑃 value
ISN/RPS classification			<0.001*
I	0 (0.0)	3 (11.1)
II	0 (0.0)	2 (7.4)
III	3 (8.6)	1 (3.7)
IV	17 (48.6)	5 (18.5)
V	6 (17.1)	8 (29.6)
III + V	4 (11.4)	7 (25.9)
IV + V	5 (14.3)	1 (3.7)
Activity index	6 (4–7)	4 (2–6)	0.033
Chronicity index	3 (1–5)	2 (0–2)	0.010

^∗𝑃 value for the difference in the ISN/RPS classification distribution between the two groups.