Blood oxygen level dependent magnetic resonance imaging for detecting pathological patterns in lupus nephritis patients: a preliminary study using a decision tree model

Table 1 Comparisons of clinical data and laboratory data in 12 patients with lupus nephritis

Clinical Indexes	Case 1	Case 2	Case 3	Case 4	Case 5	Case 6	Case 7	Case 8	Case 9	Case 10	Case 11	Case 12
Clinical Data
Age (15–52 years)
Time between diagnosis of LN (months)	36	180	48	84	156	24	24	2	2	33	0.25	1
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	130	130	130	160	140	110	120	140	100	150	120	120
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	80	80	80	110	90	70	80	80	50	80	80	80
Nephrotic syndrome	+	–	–	+	+	+	–	–	–	+	–	+
SLEDAI	12	23	18	33	25	19	14	26	17	12	27	21
Laboratory data
Hemoglobin (g/l)	78	103	116	100	131	138	105	81	98	133	92	108
Urine protein (g/24 h)	6.79	0.34	1.46	4.76	7.14	6.51	1.15	2.08	0.81	4.67	1.87	4.63
Serum creatinine (umol/L)	62	43	59	93	32	27	56	73	47	37	136	56
eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2)	98	113	105	62	108	124	113	80	120	113	39	131
Serum albumin (g/dl)	16	34	33	30	16	26	36	21	29	26	28	12
anti-ds-DNA	+	–	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	–	+	+
anti-Sm	–	+	–	–	–	–	–	+	+	–	+	–
anti-Ro52	–	+	+	–	–	+	+	–	–	+	+	+
anti-SSA	+	–	+	–	+	+	–	–	–	+	+	+
anti-SSB	–	–	–	–	–	–	+	–	+	+	+	–
anti-RNP	+	+	–	–	+	–	–	+	–	+	+	+
anti-cardiolipin antibody	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	+	–
C3 (g/l)	59.2	72.3	51.6	49.2	55.83	53.7	67.4	35.8	33.1	57.7	26.3	28.5
C4 (g/l)	16.2	15.7	11.6	11.1	7.82	5.06	13.4	1.76	2.67	14.2	3.3	3.76
ESR (mm/h)	46	29	35	35	39	45	37	53	52	44	40	48

ANA anti-nuclear antibodies, RNP ribonucleoprotein, SLEDAI systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index, SSA Sjogren’s syndrome A antigen, SSB Sjogren’s syndrome B antigen, eGFR estimated glomerular filtrate

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