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ArticleArthritis research & therapy2020

Non-histologic factors discriminating proliferative lupus nephritis from membranous lupus nephritis.

Oh Chan Kwon, Jung Hwan Park, Hyeong-Cheon Park, Seung Min Jung, Sang-Won Lee, Jason Jungsik Song, Yong-Beom Park, Min-Chan Park

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Article in Arthritis research & therapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Oh Chan KwonDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Jung Hwan ParkDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Hyeong-Cheon ParkDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Seung Min JungDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Sang-Won LeeDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Jason Jungsik SongDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Yong-Beom ParkDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Min-Chan ParkDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. mcpark@yuhs.ac.ORCID 0000-0003-1189-7637
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo investigate non-histologic factors that can discriminate proliferative lupus nephritis (LN) from membranous LN in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus with renal manifestations.

methodsPatients with biopsy-proven proliferative LN (class III ± V and class IV ± V) and membranous LN (class V) were included. Non-histologic factors were compared between the two groups. A logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the factors associated with proliferative LN. To assess the accuracy of these factors in discriminating between proliferative LN and membranous LN, we performed a receiver-operating characteristic analysis.

resultsOf the total 168 patients with biopsy-proven LN, 150 patients (89.3%) had proliferative LN, and 18 patients (10.7%) had membranous LN. In the multivariable logistic regression analysis, positive anti-double-stranded DNA (anti-dsDNA) antibody (adjusted OR = 11.200, 95% CI = 2.202-56.957, p = 0.004) was associated with proliferative LN, while positive anti-U1RNP antibody (adjusted OR = 0.176, 95% CI = 0.040-0.769, p = 0.021) and higher glomerular filtration rate (GFR) (adjusted OR = 0.973, 95% CI = 0.951-0.994, p = 0.013) were inversely associated with proliferative LN. Among these covariates, the anti-dsDNA antibody (area under the curve = 0.806, 95% CI = 0.695-0.916) had the highest accuracy in discriminating between proliferative LN and membranous LN.

conclusionThe positivity of anti-dsDNA antibody was associated with proliferative LN, while the positivity of anti-U1RNP antibody and GFR were inversely associated with proliferative LN. The anti-dsDNA antibody had a good accuracy in discriminating proliferative LN from membranous LN.

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Glomerulonephritis, MembranousLupus Erythematosus, SystemicLupus NephritisGlomerular Filtration RateHumansKidneyLupus nephritisMembranousProliferativeSystemic lupus erythematosus

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