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

Table 8

Comparing our findings to 3 other reports on lupus nephritis among children.

	Hobbs et al. [10]	Bogdanovíc et al. [11]	Wong et al. [12]	This paper
Mean age (years)	14.5	14.5		15.8
M : F ratio	1 : 19		15 : 1	4 : 1
Class 4	33.3%	64%	53. −%	95%
Renal loss (required dialysis)	0%	80% had complete or partial remission	3.1%	0%
Nephrotic	57.1%	40%	60%	50%
Baseline renal function	33.3% Dx; SCr 237	20% had renal impairment		SCr 244