Multicentre comparative study of neural epidermal growth factor-like 1 protein vs M-type phospholipase A2 receptor-associated membranous nephropathy

Table 3 Univariate and multivariate association of predictors with remission

Predictor	Univariate HR1 (95%CI)	P value	Multivariate HR (95%CI)	P value
NELL1-MN2	2.98 (1.47-6.08)	0.003	2.65 (1.25-5.64)	0.01
Age	0.98 (0.96-1.01)	0.35	1.00 (0.97-1.04)	0.76
Male sex	0.54 (0.25-1.16)	0.12	0.66 (0.27-1.58)	0.35
Urine PCR	1.00 (0.94-1.08)	0.79	1.00 (0.93-1.07)	0.94
eGFR	1.01 (1.00-1.03)	0.04	1.01 (0.98-1.03)	0.39

¹Since the outcome is favourable (remission), hazard ratio (HR) > 1 indicates a beneficial association with exposure, HR < 1 indicates detrimental association and HR = 1 indicates no association.

²HR reported with M-type phospholipase A2 receptor-associated membranous nephropathy as comparator.

HR: Hazard ratio; CI: Confidence interval; NELL1-MN: Neural epidermal growth factor-like 1 protein-associated membranous nephropathy; PCR: Protein creatinine ratio; eGFR: Estimated glomerular filtration rate.