Experimental group

(n = 32)

Control group

(n = 34)

p-value

Age (years)

28.88 ± 8.26

31.12 ± 11.12

0.518^a

Gender (female/male)

30/2

32/2

1.000^b

Serum creatinine (mg/dl)

1.05 ± 0.32

0.96 ± 0.34

0.472^a

eGFR (ml/min/1.73m²)

84.19 ± 27.79

76.85 ± 34.90

0.510^a

ALT (g/L)

42.4 ± 2.13

41.4 ± 2.37

0.081^a

24-hr UTP (gm/day)

3.98 ± 1.88

3.82 ± 2.27

0.833^a

Anti-ds DNA (U/ml)

116.78 ± 68.83

125.19 ± 68.00

0.726^a

Serum C3 (g/L)

0.47 ± 0.20

0.49 ± 0.33

0.796^a

Serum C4 (g/L)

0.14 ± 0.20

0.09 ± 0.07

0.336^a

SELENA-SLEDAI score

18.13 ± 4.92

20.0 ± 3.46

0.213^a

Renal histology

Class III

17 (53.1%)

14 (41.2%)

0.331^b

Class IV

15 (46.9%)

20 (58.8%)