Research Article

Anti-PLA2R1 Antibodies Containing Sera Induce In Vitro Cytotoxicity Mediated by Complement Activation

Table 2

Factors associated with ( patients treated with rituximab).

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Age0.46
Sex ratio (M/F)10/219/6>0.99
Proteinuria at diagnosis (g/g)6.65 (5.75; 9.86)4.90 (3.26; 7.68)0.03
Anti-PLA2R1 total IgG (RU/ml) at diagnosis192 (120; 686)94 (33; 199)0.01
Anti-PLA2R1 IgG4 (RU/ml) at diagnosis1840 (322; 3990)1338 (220–3461)0.62
Spreaders at diagnosis10/12 (83%)12/25 (48%)0.07
Proteinuria at month 6 (g/g)3.70 (2.51; 5.60)1.21 (0.30; 2.32)0.001
Remission at month 65/12 (42%)20/25 (80%)0.03
Time to remission (months)0.02

Data are presented as (%) or or as median with interquartile range. Remission is defined as  g/g and serum  g/l. Spreaders are defined by samples with anti-CysR reactivity with additional anti-CTLD1 and/or anti-CTLD7 activities additional to anti-CysR reactivity.