Clinical Study

Association of Intrarenal B-Cell Infiltrates with Clinical Outcome in Lupus Nephritis: A Study of 192 Cases

Table 2

Comparison of histologic parameters of LN-B-cell and LN-non-B-cell groups.

LN-B-cell LN-non-B-cell value

ISN/RPS classification<0.001*
I1 (0.8)6 (8.1)
II1 (0.8)4 (5.4)
III5 (4.2)8 (10.8)
IV56 (47.5)15 (20.3)
V20 (16.9)23 (31.1)
III + V15 (12.7)13 (17.6)
IV + V19 (16.1)5 (6.7)
Activity index5 (3–7)2 (1–4.5)0.000
Chronicity index3 (1–4)1 (0–2.5)0.000

value for the difference in the ISN/RPS classification distribution between the two groups.