Table 2 Comparison of renal histopathological characteristics of patients with renal recovery and patients remaining on dialysis within 3 months
Feature | Patients with complete renal recovery (n = 13) | Patients with partial renal recovery (n = 12) | Patients remaining on dialysis (n = 15) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal glomeruli (%) | 24.2 (0.0, 57.2) | 11.3 (0.0, 40.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 15.2) | 0.007 |
Fibrinoid necrosis (%) | 3.8 (0.0, 16.7) | 0.0 (0.0, 10.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 3.1) | 0.065 |
Cellular crescent (%) | 58.1 (19.0, 100.0) | 50.8 (20.0, 80.0) | 31.7 (3.9, 65.6) | 0.015 |
Fibrous crescent (%) | 6.3 (0.0, 40.7) | 18.8 (9.7, 31.4) | 40.3 (0.0, 82.9) | < 0.001 |
Global glomerulosclerosis (%) | 0.0 (0.0, 33.3) | 2.5 (0.0, 14.8) | 20.0 (0.0, 40.0) | < 0.001 |
Interstitial infiltrates (−/+/++/+++) | 1/2/6/4 | 1/0/5/6 | 0/2/8/5 | 0.694 |
Interstitial fibrosis (−/+/++) | 5/7/1 | 2/5/5 | 1/8/6 | 0.133 |
Tubular atrophy (−/+/++) | 1/7/5 | 0/3/9 | 0/4/11 | 0.213 |
Arterial wall thickening (−/+) | 5/8 | 0/12 | 0/15 | 0.003 |