Table 4

Renal haemodynamics in SLE patients classified by WHO criteria of lupus nephritis

Class II (n=2)Class III (n=2)Class IV (n=31)Class V (n=2)
GFR (ml/min)
Pretreatment91.8 (22.2)51.2 (44.2)60.7 (30.4)126.7 (1.3)
 Post-treatment117.1 (21.3)41.8 (41.5)85.4 (29.3)118.9 (5.5)
RPF (ml/min)
Pretreatment624.3 (91.4)370.6 (215.4)609.5 (239.1)887.9 (20.0)
 Post-treatment604.0 (84.0)243.5 (229.0)518.0 (165.2)741.4 (97.0)
FF (%)
Pretreatment15.1 (5.7)12.4 (4.7)10.2 (4.3)14.3 (0.5)
 Post-treatment19.9 (6.3)16.4 (1.6)16.7 (3.7)16.2 (1.3)
  • Values are mean (SD). Abbreviations as table 2.