Prevalence of diabetic nephropathy complicating non-diabetic renal disease among Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Table 3 The histology of diabetic nephropathy (DN) with non-diabetic renal disease (NDRD)

Case	IgA	IgM	IgG	C3	C1q	FIB	Diabetic renal lesion	NDRD
1	2+	2+	2+	+	±	-	Diffuse and nodular glomerulosclerosis	IgA nephropathy
2	2+	2+	-	2+	-	3+	Diffuse glomerulosclerosis	IgA nephropathy
3	-	-	-	-	-	-	Diffuse and nodular glomerulosclerosis	Membrano-proliferative glomerulonephritis
4	2+	±	+	3+	-	2+	Diffuse and nodular glomerulosclerosis	IgA nephropathy
5	±	3+	2+	3+	2+	-	Diffuse and nodular glomerulosclerosis	Membranous nephropathy
6	±	+	-	-	-	-	Diffuse glomerulosclerosis	Membrano-proliferative glomerulonephritis
7	-	2+	-	3+	+	-	Diffuse and nodular glomerulosclerosis	Tubulointerstitial lesion
8	3+	+	2+	2+	-	2+	Diffuse glomerulosclerosis	IgA nephropathy
9	2+	+	3+	3+	-	±	Diffuse and nodular glomerulosclerosis	IgA nephropathy
10	-	2+	2+	-	-	+	Diffuse and nodular glomerulosclerosis	Tubulointerstitial lesion
11	2+	+	+	±	-	2+	Diffuse and nodular glomerulosclerosis	IgA nephropathy
12	2+	+	2+	3+	-	2+	Diffuse glomerulosclerosis	IgA nephropathy
13	2+	-	2+	-	-	+	Diffuse and nodular glomerulosclerosis	IgA nephropathy
14	2+	2+	+	2+	-	-	Diffuse glomerulosclerosis	IgA nephropathy
15	2+	+	2+	-	-	-	Diffuse and nodular glomerulosclerosis	IgA nephropathy
16	2+	-	3+	3+	-		Diffuse glomerulosclerosis	Membranous nephropathy
17	±	-	2+	-	-	-	Diffuse glomerulosclerosis	Tubulointerstitial lesion
18	-	3+	3+	2+	-	2+	Diffuse and nodular glomerulosclerosis	Tubulointerstitial lesion
19	2+	2+	3+	-	±	-	Diffuse and nodular glomerulosclerosis	Membrano-proliferative glomerulonephritis

The fluorescent staining was graded as follows: - negative, ± doubtful, + weak, 2+ moderate, 3+ bright. DN, diabetic nephropathy; FIB, fibrinogen; IgA, immunoglobulin A; IgG, immunoglobulin G; IgM, immunoglobulin M; NDRD, non-diabetic renal disease.

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