Treatments administered to patients positive or negative for anti-FH autoantibodies at disease onset
Treatments | Anti-FH positive, n = 12 | Anti-FH negative, n = 30 | P-value (Fisher’exact test) |
---|---|---|---|
Dialysis | 6 (50%) | 15 (50%) | 1.00 |
Plasmapheresis | 5 (42%) | 11 (37%) | 1.00 |
Plasmapheresis followed by eculizumab | 3 (25%) | 3 (10%) | 0.33 |
Eculizumab only | 2 (17%) | 1 (3%) | 0.19 |
Supportive care only | 1 (8%) | 10 (33%) | 0.13 |
Immunosupression | 8 (67%) | 9 (30%) | < 0.05 |
Corticosteroids | 6 (50%) | 9 (30%) | 0.29 |
Mycophenolate, cyclophosphamide | 4 (33%) | 0 (0%) | < 0.005 |
Values in this table represent number of patients and the percentage of the total