The Plasma Soluble Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor Is Related to Disease Activity of Patients with ANCA-Associated Vasculitis

Table 1

Clinical parameters of patients with AAV.

Characteristic	Values
Number of patients	90
Age ()
Gender (male/female)	37/53
MPO-ANCA/PR3-ANCA	80/10
Initial serum creatinine (μmol/L) (median, IQR)	240.0 (112.0, 475.0)
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m^2)^a (median, IQR)	22.9 (9.57, 64.23)
Urinary protein (g/24 h) ()
Dialysis-dependent at presentation	17 (18.9%)
CRP (mg/L) ()
ESR (mm/1 h) ()
PCT (ng/mL) (median, IQR) ()	0.82 (0.16, 5.43)
C3 (g/L) ()
MPO (RU/mL) (median, IQR)	159.7 (98.8, 235.7)
BVAS ()

^a (if female). Abbreviations: AAV: antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis; BVAS: Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Scores; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; IQR: interquartile range; s.d.: standard deviation; C3: complement 3; MPO: myeloperoxidase; PR3: proteinase 3; ANCA: antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody; CRP: C-reactive protein; PCT: procalcitonin.