Research Article

Analysis of Glomerular IgG Subclasses Switch in Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy Classified by Glomerular Phospholipase A2 Receptor Antigen and Serum Antibody

Table 1

Predominance/codominance and EM stage in IMN.

IgG subclassPathological stage values
(%) pre/co-rateChi-square testLinear-by-linear association test

I ()II ()III ()IV ()
IgG115 (40%)42 (50%)6 (38%)10 (53%)0.5770.530
IgG21 (3%)6 (7%)0 (0%)2 (11%)0.4520.450
IgG314 (37%)15 (18%)4 (25%)2 (11%)0.0650.044
IgG434 (89%)79 (94%)15 (94%)15 (79%)0.1860.281