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Table 2 Laboratory values for 74 SLE subjects with and without renal disease

From: Measuring eosinophiluria, urinary eosinophil cationic protein and urinary interleukin-5 in patients with Lupus Nephritis

 

LN group (n=20)

non-LN group (n=54)

p-value

Eosinophiluria, % (n)

45.0 (9.0)*

5.6 (3.0)

<0.001

Urinary eosinophil count /HPF mean±SD

1.1±1.65*

0.15±0.59

<0.001

Urinary ECP (μg/L), mean±SD

4.58±3.18*

2.12±0.36

<0.001

Urinary ECP/Cr ratio (μg/mgCr) mean±SD

96.56±53.70*

34.55±12.66

<0.001

Urinary IL-5 (pg/mL) mean±SD

144.52±95.59*

61.68±73.51

<0.001

Urinary IL-5/Cr ratio (pg/mgCr) mean±SD

299.72±208.63*

106.21±134.898

<0.001

  1. HPF, high power field or 400X; ECP, eosinophil cationic protein; uECP/Cr ratio, eosinophil cationic protein-creatinine ratio; uIL-5, urinary Interleukin-5.
  2. *p-value <0.05.