Table 1

 Correlation coefficients at study entry in 52 patients with proliferative lupus nephritis

Anti-nucleosomeAnti-dsDNA (ELISA)Anti-histoneAnti-C1q
C3, complement C3; C4, complement C4; SLEDAI, systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index.
*p<0.001, **p = 0.002.
Anti-nucleosome0.629*0.583*0.110
Anti-dsDNA (ELISA)0.495*0.270
Anti-histone0.115
Anti-dsDNA (Farr)0.491*0.531*0.3610.203
C3−0.241−0.418**−0.231−0.180
C4−0.057−0.227−0.0880.023
SLEDAI0.2880.420**0.3580.159