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Table 1 Comparison of clinical and pathological data of patients with anti-GBM disease with and without glomerular C1q deposition

From: Glomerular C1q deposition and serum anti-C1q antibodies in anti-glomerular basement membrane disease

Ā 

With C1q deposition (nā€‰=ā€‰7)

Without C1q deposition (nā€‰=ā€‰18)

p

Age (years)

43.7ā€‰Ā±ā€‰11.8

27.2ā€‰Ā±ā€‰11.9

0.005

Gender (male/female)

6/1

16/2

1.000

Hydrocarbon exposure

1/7 (14.3%)

2/16 (12.5%)

1.000

Prodromal infection

2/7 (28.6%)

8/18 (44.4%)

0.653

Smoker

3/7 (42.9%)

8/18 (44.4%)

1.000

Hemoptysis

4/7 (57.1%)

8/18 (44.4%)

0.673

Oliguria/anuria

4/7 (57.1%)

10/18 (55.6%)

1.000

Gross hematuria

6/7 (85.7%)

6/18 (33.3%)

0.03

Nephrotic syndrome

2/3 (66.7%)

4/8 (50%)

1.000

Serum creatinine (Ī¼mol/L)

914.3ā€‰Ā±ā€‰161.3

1021.3ā€‰Ā±ā€‰402.9

0.353

Interval from onset (days)

48.6ā€‰Ā±ā€‰40.0

48.5ā€‰Ā±ā€‰33.3

0.998

Level of anti-GBM antibodies (U/mL)

88.0ā€‰Ā±ā€‰49.9

88.8ā€‰Ā±ā€‰43.0

0.969

ANCA positive

1/7 (14.3%)

1/18 (5.6%)

0.490

Hemoglobin (g/L)

89.6ā€‰Ā±ā€‰25.1

78.2ā€‰Ā±ā€‰29.5

0.377

Percentage of crescents in glomeruli (%)

91.0 (77.0-100.0)

100 (88.3-100.0)

0.386

ā€ƒCellular crescents (%)

75.0 (50.0-100.0)

75.0(24.5-89.5)

0.389

ā€ƒFibrocellular crescents (%)

25.0 (0ā€“50)

25.0 (10.5-70.0)

0.336

ā€ƒFibrotic crescents (%)

0

0

0.961

Anti-C1q antibody positive

4/7 (57.1%)

11/18 (61.1%)

1.000

Level of anti-C1q antibodies (relative OD value)

0.210ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.05

0.245ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.06

0.301

Renal survival (1Ā year)

0/7 (0)

2/18 (11.1%)

1.000

Patient survival (1Ā year)

3/7 (42.9%)

15/18 (83.3%)

0.066

  1. GBMā€‰Glomerular basement membrane, ANCAā€‰Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies.