Table 2 Baseline laboratory parameters before treatment

 WBC (10⁹/L)

4.80 (3.20, 7.00)

5.20 (2.90, 7.90)

5.45 (3.65, 7.45)

 PLT (10⁹/L)

137.00 (96.00, 216.00)

145.00 (85.00, 206.00)

149.00 (117.50, 198.75)

 ESR (mm/h)

41.23 ± 22.85

60.60 ± 28.82

52.72 ± 22.45

 HGB (g/L)

90.65 ± 16.51

97.53 ± 19.62

95.69 ± 15.32

 ALB (g/L)

22.77 ± 7.25

27.01 ± 8.38

28.78 ± 6.15

 CHOL (mmol/L)

4.50 (3.62, 7.16)

4.33 (3.40, 6.14)

5.33 (3.86, 6.38)

 CRP (mg/L)

1.00 (0.41, 2.00)

0.83 (0.50, 1.84)

0.90 (0.43, 4.40)

 D-Dimer (mg/L)

3.22 (1.60, 13.60)*^△

1.22 (0.77, 2.59)*

0.84 (0.39, 1.35)^△

 BUN (mmol/L)

7.32 (5.13, 11.54)

7.41 (4.23, 15.30)

7.60 (5.99, 11.78)

 Serum creatinine (μmol/L)

78.00 (46.00, 102.00)

58.00 (37.00, 119.00)

62.00 (49.00, 73.50)

 eGFP (ml/min/1.73m²)

80.77 ± 35.13*^△

87.56 ± 55.91*

113.73 ± 44.30^△

 C3 (g/L)

0.22 (0.11, 0.26)^△

0.19 (0.14, 0.25)^⋕

0.39 (0.20, 0.61)^⋕△

 C4 (g/L)

0.02 (0.02, 0.04)*^△

0.04 (0.03, 0.07)*

0.06 (0.03, 0.08)^△

 Anti-dsDNA

22 (23)

13 (15)

21 (26)

 Anti-Smith

3 (23)

3 (15)

7 (26)

 Anti-RNP

6 (23)

5 (15)

6 (26)

 Anti-P protein

10 (23)

3 (15)

7 (26)

 Anti-NCS

14 (23)

9 (15)

9 (26)

 Anti-histone

8 (23)

2 (15)

8 (26)

 Anti-SSA

1 (23)^△

1 (15) ^⋕

12 (26)^△⋕

 Anti-SSB

0 (23)^△

3 (15)

7 (26)^△

 Anti-cardiolipin

6 (23)

2 (15)

4 (26)

 Urine WBC/HP

29.00 (10.00, 43.00)*^△

3.00 (0.00, 24.00)*

9.00 (3.50, 17.00)^△

 Urine RBC/HP

165.00 (42.00, 452.00)*^△

26.00 (10.00, 78.00)*

38.00 (11.00, 87.00)^△

 Urine protein (mg/kg/day)

117.73 (65.71, 168.75)*^△

57.25 (26.32, 144.52)*

35.73 (18.31, 78.50)^△