Research Article

Prognostic Factors in Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Glomerulonephritis with Severe Glomerular Sclerosis: A National Registry-Based Cohort Study

Table 1

Baseline characteristics in the total cohort and stratified for living patients without end-stage renal disease at the 1-year follow-up.

CharacteristicAll, Alive without ESRD 1-yr, ESRD/death 1-yr,

Females (%)13 (57%)5 (45%)8 (67%)0.31
Mean age year (SD)58 (21)52 (21)63 (21)0.13
P-ANCA/MPO-ANCA (%)18 (78%)8 (73%)10 (83%)0.54
eGFR ml/min/1.73 m2 (SD)36 (40)52 (43)21 (32)0.007
Serum-albumin gram/liter (SD)36 (10)41 (11)31 (5)0.004
Systolic blood pressure mmHg (SD)146 (26)144 (28)148 (24)0.40
Diastolic blood pressure mmHg (SD)80 (11)80 (12)79 (10)0.65
Proteinuria gram/24 hours (SD)2.2 (2.0)3.4 (2.4)2.0 (1.6)0.95
Percentage normal glomeruli (SD)9 (12)15 (14)4 (7)0.02

ESRD: end-stage renal disease; yr: year; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate.