Association of Serum CXCL13 with Intrarenal Ectopic Lymphoid Tissue Formation in Lupus Nephritis
Table 2
The clinical data of patients with different ELT classes of renal tissues.
Class 0 ()
Class 1 ()
Class 2 ()
value
value
Age (years)
1.127
0.352
Duration (months)
3.899
0.035
Urine protein (mg/24 h)
1 546.8 (856.9~2 578.6)
2031.6 (956.6~3 956.5)
2365.5 (755.6~9 560.6)
1.123
0.353
Serum creatinine (μmol/L)
0.091
0.914
C3 (mg/L)
0.529
0.600
C4
1.763
0.208
Anti-dsDNA (IU/mL)
196.9 (79.6~796.8)
115.9 (72.6~685.6)
215.6 (115.5~565.7)
0.133
0.936
CI score (points)
0.442
0.652
AI score (points)
2.986
0.041
SLEDAI score (points)
1.707
0.310
Note: nonparametric test; in all clinical characteristics, there was a significant difference only in the disease duration and the renal pathological activity index (AI) among the class 0, 1, and 2 ELT group.
