Clinical predictors of active LN development in children - evidence from the UK JSLE Cohort Study



Smith, EMD, Yin, P, Jorgensen, AL ORCID: 0000-0002-6977-9337 and Beresford, MW ORCID: 0000-0002-5400-9911
(2018) Clinical predictors of active LN development in children - evidence from the UK JSLE Cohort Study. LUPUS, 27 (13). pp. 2020-2028.

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Abstract

Background Juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (JSLE) patients may develop lupus nephritis (LN) during their initial presentation, or later in their disease. This study aimed to assess whether clinical/demographic factors characterize patients with LN within the United Kingdom JSLE Cohort Study, and whether such factors predict subsequent LN development. Methods Univariate logistic regression modelling compared clinical/demographic factors in patients with and without LN at baseline. For those who subsequently developed LN, Cox proportional-hazard modelling was used to test the association between such factors and time to LN development. Covariates with p < 0.2 univariately were included within a multiple-regression model. Results A total of 121/331 (37%) patients presented with active LN at baseline, with first American College of Rheumatology (ACR) score (p < 2.0 × 10–16), severe hypertension (p = 0.0006), proteinuria (p < 2.0 × 10–16), creatinine (p = 1.0 × 10–16), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (p = 1.0 × 10–16), neutrophils (p < 2.0 × 10–16), complement 3 (C3) (p = 4.0 × 10–16) and ethnicity (p = 3.0 × 10–13) differing between those with and without LN. Of the 210 individuals without active LN at baseline, 13 patients had a single visit and were excluded from further analysis. Thirty-four of 197 (17%) developed LN after a median of 2.04 years (interquartile range, 0.8–3.7), with higher ACR scores (p = 0.014, hazard ratio (HR) = 1.45, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.08–1.95) and lower C3 levels (p = 0.0082, HR = 0.27, 95% CI = 0.10–0.68) demonstrated as predictors of subsequent LN.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus, JSLE, lupus nephritis, active LN, UK JSLE Cohort Study
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 27 Sep 2018 10:27
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 01:16
DOI: 10.1177/0961203318801526
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3026808