Results
Of the 136 patients, 102 patients
were classified into the
glomerular
C3low group and 34 patients were classified into the
glomerular
C3high group.
Patients in
C3high group had
more immune complexes deposition than those in C3lowgroup. In C3highgroup, the degree of renal lesion and interstitial fibrosis were severer
compared to C3low group. Renal biopsy in
C3high group presented with higher density of
interstitial inflammatory cells that in C3low group.
The density of glomerular C3 deposition was associated with poor renal
survival over a 105-month follow-up.