Glomerulonephritis with Crescents in Children: Etiology and Predictors of Renal Outcome

Table 4

Comparing lupus nephritis with other forms of crescentic GN (histological findings).

	LN (𝑛=20) (mean ± Std)	Non-LN (𝑛=17) (mean ± Std)	𝑃
No of glomeruli in the biopsy	24.9 (±11.4)	26.8 (±11.5)	0.6
Globally sclerorsed glomeruli (%)	3.9 (±5.1)	13.8 (±22.2)	0.05
Glomeruli with crescents (%)	36 (±13)	42 (±24)	0.35
% glomeruli with BM thickening	30%	17.6%	0.4
% glomeruli with mesangial cellularity	15%	17.6%	0.8
% glomeruli with mesangial matrix expansion	35%	35.3%	0.98
% glomeruli with Interstitial fibrosis/atrophy	5%	11.8%	0.4
% glomeruli with ATN	25%	41.2%	0.3
% glomeruli with s vasculopathy	0%	11.8%	0.1