Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibody-Associated Vasculitis: Biomarker Potential and Association with Polymorphisms in the MCP-1 and the CC Chemokine Receptor-2 Gene

Table 1

Characteristics of patients included in the study. Patients with AAV followed at SUS, Lund, 2002–2011.

Number of patients	113
Number of urine samples	670
Urine samples per patient, median (range)	5 (1–22)
Proportion women	50.0% ()
Age at last follow-up, years (range)	62.6 (21–91)
Deceased at last follow-up	23
Diagnosis
Diagnosis confirmed with renal PAD	62
GPA	74
MPA	39
ANCA specificity
MPO	40
PR3	68
PR3 + MPO	1
Negative	3

AAV: antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies- (ANCA-) associated vasculitis; PAD: pathologic anatomic diagnosis; GPA: granulomatosis with polyangitis; MPA: microscopic polyangitis; MPO: myeloperoxidase; PR3: proteinase 3.