The frequency and outcome of lupus nephritis: results from an international inception cohort study

• Published in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 252 - 262
• Main Authors: Hanly, John G., O’Keeffe, Aidan G., Su, Li, Urowitz, Murray B., Romero-Diaz, Juanita, Gordon, Caroline, Bae, Sang-Cheol, Bernatsky, Sasha, Clarke, Ann E., Wallace, Daniel J., Merrill, Joan T., Isenberg, David A., Rahman, Anisur, Ginzler, Ellen M., Fortin, Paul, Gladman, Dafna D., Sanchez-Guerrero, Jorge, Petri, Michelle, Bruce, Ian N., Dooley, Mary Anne, Ramsey-Goldman, Rosalind, Aranow, Cynthia, Alarcón, Graciela S., Fessler, Barri J., Steinsson, Kristjan, Nived, Ola, Sturfelt, Gunnar K., Manzi, Susan, Khamashta, Munther A., van Vollenhoven, Ronald F., Zoma, Asad A., Ramos-Casals, Manuel, Ruiz-Irastorza, Guillermo, Lim, S. Sam, Stoll, Thomas, Inanc, Murat, Kalunian, Kenneth C., Kamen, Diane L., Maddison, Peter, Peschken, Christine A., Jacobsen, Soren, Askanase, Anca, Theriault, Chris, Thompson, Kara, Farewell, Vernon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.02.2016
• Subjects: Adult; Clinical Medicine; Clinical Science; Disease Progression; Ethnicity; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Global Health; Humans; Incidence; Klinisk medicin; Lupus Nephritis - diagnosis; Lupus Nephritis - ethnology; Male; Medical and Health Sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Outcome Assessment, Health Care; Prospective Studies; Quality of Life; Risk Factors; Surveys and Questionnaires; Survival Rate - trends; nephritis; systemic lupus erythematosus; outcomes research; inception cohort; lupus

To determine nephritis outcomes in a prospective multi-ethnic/racial SLE inception cohort. Patients in the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics inception cohort (≤15 months of SLE diagnosis) were assessed annually for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), proteinuria and end-sta...