Research Article
Prognosis and Histological Classification in Elderly Patients with ANCA-Glomerulonephritis: A Registry-Based Cohort Study
Table 1
Baseline characteristics for the total cohort, stratified by histological classification.
| | Characteristic | All, = 81 | Focal, = 32 | Crescentic, = 18 | Mixed, = 22 | Sclerotic, = 9 | value |
| | Female (%) | 45 (56) | 14 (44) | 10 (56) | 14 (64) | 7 (78) | 0.24 | | Age, years (SD) | 77 (5) | 76 (5) | 77 (5) | 77 (5) | 76 (4) | 0.79 | | P-/MPO-ANCA (%) | 47 (58) | 18 (56) | 11 (61) | 11 (50) | 7 (78) | 0.55 | | eGFR, ml/min/1.73 m2 (SD) | 27 (23) | 36 (24) | 15 (9) | 22 (19) | 27 (36) | 0.001 | | Serum albumin, gram/l (SD) | 30 (6) | 32 (6) | 28 (4) | 31 (5) | 30 (5) | 0.06 | | Systolic blood pressure (SD) | 147 (23) | 143 (21) | 144 (27) | 149 (23) | 158 (24) | 0.48 | | Diastolic blood pressure (SD) | 79 (12) | 80 (14) | 81 (13) | 77 (9) | 83 (6) | 0.37 | | Proteinuria, gram/24 h (SD) | 1.4 (1.4) | 1.1 (1.2) | 1.2 (0.9) | 1.7 (1.8) | 1.4 (1.2) | 0.39 | | Percentage of normal glomeruli (SD) | 38 (28) | 68 (12) | 14 (16) | 24 (11) | 4 (6) | <0.001 |
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SD, standard deviation.
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