Albumin-to-globulin ratio (AGR) as a potential marker of predicting lupus nephritis in Chinese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Our findings indicated that SLE patients with low AGR, low CRP, high anti-dsDNA and the history of alopecia were more likely to develop LN in the course of SLE. AGR shown the greatest hazard for developing LN among them, it may be a strong predictor.