Research Article
High Avidity dsDNA Autoantibodies in Brazilian Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Correlation with Active Disease and Renal Dysfunction
Table 1
Immunological findings in Brazilian SLE women.
| | Immune marker | Prevalence
142 (%) | Level
(median, IQR) |
| | ANA | 131 (92.2) | 320 (160–1,280) | | ANuA (U/mL) | 118 (83.1) | 114 (44–196) | | Total dsDNA Ab (IU/mL) | 72 (50.7) | 205 (78–279) | | HA dsDNA Ab (IU/mL) | 66 (46.5) | 189 (95–525) | | Sm Ab (U/mL) | 35 (24.6) | 72 (51–335) | | RNP-70 Ab (U/mL) | 48 (33.8) | 106 (91–244) | | SS-A/Ro Ab (U/mL) | 55 (38.7) | 87 (56–221) | | SS-B/La Ab (U/mL) | 13 (9.1) | 101 (45–304) | | Rib-P Ab (U/mL) | 20 (14.1) | 18 (16–190) | | IgA anti-Β2GPI (U/mL) | 32 (22.5) | 26 (19–41) | | IgG anti-Β2GPI (U/mL) | 16 (11.3) | 20 (12–34) | | IgM anti-Β2GPI (U/mL) | 9 (6.3) | 22 (19–53) | | IgA aCL (U/mL) | 3 (<5.0) | 38 (15–40) | | IgG aCL (U/mL) | 11 (7.7) | 18 (10–37) | | IgM aCL (U/mL) | 7 (<5.0) | 36 (26–65) | | C3 low (<67 mg/mL) | 36 (25.3) | 57 (41–64) | | C4 low (<10 mg/mL) | 29 (20.4) | 5 (4–8) |
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