Variable | Estimated Effect on Mean Renal Biopsy NIH Activity Index per 1 Unit of Variable | p |
Urinalysis protein | 1.366 ± 0.768 | 0.08 |
Urinalysis red blood cells/hpf | 0.144 ± 0.075 | 0.06 |
Urinalysis white blood cells/hpf | 0.191 ± 0.056 | 0.0006 |
Urine creatinine level | 0.016 ± 0.012 | 0.18 |
Urine protein/creatinine ratio | 0.238 ± 0.355 | 0.50 |
24-h protein | 4.020 ± 0.345 | < 0.0001 |
Serum creatinine | −0.231 ± 1.697 | 0.47 |
SLICC renal activity score | 0.437 ± 0.156 | 0.005 |
Log-normalized VCAM | −1.329 ± 1.154 | 0.25 |
Log-normalized NGAL | −0.878 ± 1.316 | 0.50 |
Estimated Effect on Mean Renal Biopsy NIH Chronicity Index per 1 Unit of Variable | p | |
Urinalysis protein | −0.361 ± 0.357 | 0.31 |
Urinalysis red blood cells/hpf | 0.017 ± 0.038 | 0.66 |
Urinalysis white blood cells/hpf | 0.009 ± 0.026 | 0.71 |
Urine creatinine level | −0.003 ± 0.005 | 0.60 |
Urineprotein/creatinine ratio | −0.172 ± 0.157 | 0.28 |
24-h protein | −1.043 ± 0.603 | 0.084 |
Serum creatinine | 2.511 ± 0.549 | < 0.0001 |
SLICC renal activity score | −0.036 ± 0.083 | 0.66 |
Log-normalized VCAM | −0.627 ± 0.518 | 0.23 |
Log-normalized NGAL | −0.845 ± 0.577 | 0.14 |
SLICC: Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics; VCAM-1: vascular cell adhesion molecule-1; NGAL: neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin; hpf: high power field.