Research Article

Increased Urinary CD163 Levels in Systemic Vasculitis with Renal Involvement

Table 1

Demographic and laboratory features of patients with systemic vasculitis and control groups.

VariablesSystemic vasculitisEssential hypertensionHealthy controls value

Demographic characteristics
 Age0.001
 Male ()3324120.001
 SBP (mmHg)0.001
 DBP (mmHg)0.001
 BMI (kg/m2)0.001
Laboratory test
 Hb (1012)0.311
 WBC (109)0.001
 PLT (109)0.688
 Mono cell (109/l)0.018
 ESR (mm/h)20.00 (6.00, 32.00)12.00 (8.50, 22.00)12.00 (7.25, 16.00)0.047
 Hs-CRP (mg/L)2.50 (0.89, 6.24)1.34 (0.6, 2.54)0.130
 Scr (μmol/L)78.83 (65.76, 141.78)61.00 (54.00, 70.15)75.78 (66.60, 87.24)0.001
 Uric acid (μmol/L)0.007
 Proteinuria ()21 (41.18%)11 (26.2%)0 (0%)0.001
 Hematuria ()4 (7.84%)0 (0%)0 (0%)0.001
 Microalbuminuria (mg/L)24.50 (10.25, 97.40)5.60 (5.00, 9.09)0.001
 24 h proteinuria (g/d)2.80 (0.11, 5.01)0.31 (0.14, 1.69)0.374
 NAG3.13 (1.16, 8.18)4.69 (3.09, 6.29)0.160
 Glucocorticoids (, mg/d)7 (10-40 mg)
 Immunosuppressants ()2

Annotation: SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; BMI: body max index; RBC: red blood cell; WBC: white blood cell; PLT: blood platelet; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Hs-CRP: hypersensitive C-reactive protein; Scr: serum creatinine; NAG: N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase.