Stronger Correlation between Interleukin 18 and Soluble Fas in Lupus Nephritis Compared with Mild Lupus
Table 1
Important demographic and laboratory data of the patients.
Variables
Total patients () mean (±SD) or IQR*
Patients without proteinuria () mean (±SD) or IQR
Patients with proteinuria () mean (±SD) or IQR
value (patients with and without proteinuria)
Age (years) range
30.14 (±9.5) 15–62
28.98 (±6.8) 20–43
29.47 (±8.9) 15–62
0.6**
C3 (mg/dL) range
41 (30.75–97) 5–163
41 (33–100) 5–163
62.44 (±41.4) 5–150
0.5**
C4 (mg/dL) range
14 (27–10) 4–53
15 (10–32) 5–35
18.41 (±12.5) 4–49
0.5**
Anti dsDNA range
2 (1–7) 1–30
4.43 (±5.4) 1–30
1.5 (1–8) 1–15
0.6***
Cr (mg/dL)
0.77 (±26)
0.78 (±0.26)
0.77 (±0.26)
0.82**
ESR (mm/h) range
25 (18–54) 2–150
25 (17–47) 4–119
48.81 (±39.4) 2–150
0.1***
IL-18 (pg/mL) range
479 (287–775) 20–1245
399.23 (±287.5) 20–1125
615.57 (±342.6) 25–1245
0.02**
sFas (pg/mL) range
210 (148–195) 1–2260
168 (134–292) 61–810
409.38 (±416.3) 1–2260
0.03**
Number of Lymphopenic patients (%)
27 (34.6)
17 (36.9)
10 (31.25)
0.60****
Number of thrombocytopenic patients (%)
9 (11.53)
5 (10.86)
4 (12.5)
1****
Number of patients with hemolytic anemia (%)
3 (3.8)
2 (4.34)
1 (3.1)
1****
Normally distributed are presented by mean (± SD), not normally distributed data are presented by interquartile (IQR) range.
**
Student's t-test.
***Mann-Whitney test.
****Chi-square test.
