Ciento quince pacientes con lupus eritematoso sistémico: características clínicas e inmunológicas

The study found an association between hypocomplementemia and renal involvement, similar to other studies. Nephritis was found in patients with active lupus, as well as a greater impairment of renal function tests such as, creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine clearance, and proteinuria. The percentage of patients with anti-dsDNA was 79.1%, and these antibodies were associated with renal involvement, as well as higher Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index scores; anti-Sm antibodies was associated with serositis and discoid lupus.