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Table 3 Comparison of the means of uric acid, creatinine and uric acid to creatinine ratio in the two groups according to effective variables

From: The Urinary Uric Acid / Cr ratio as a marker of morbidity and mortality of preterm infants: a case—control study

variables

Uric Acid

Creatinin

UUA/Cr ratio

 

case

control

P-value

case

control

P-value

case

control

P-value

Gender

female

48.8±7.9

50.1±9.6

0.89

13.3±2.2

17.3±2.2

0.26

5.4±0.8

3.1±0.4

0.017

male

64±15.2

50.9±4.7

0.39

13.9±2.1

21.4±3.6

.006

5.5±0.8

4.1±0.7

0.191

Type of delivery

NVD

24.7±4.3

59.9±9.5

0.18

7.1±.95

18.8±3.3

.005

3.4±0.1

4.0±0.8

0.48

C/S

58.7±9.4

47.6±5.7

.35

13.8±1.6

19.9±3.0

.061

5.6±0.6

3.6±0.5

.012

Birth weight(gram)

1000-1499

67.7±21.5

52.9±8.2

.61

13.0±2.7

12.7±1.9

0.92

4.6±0.4

4.5±0.8

0.918

1500-1999

47.8±7.8

51.4±8.1

.75

12.7±1.9

21.1±4.2

0.08

6.3±.98

4.0±.67

0.063

≥2000

75.7±7.1

47.4±7.7

.024

22.5±4.3

23.3±2.8

.895

3.7±0.8

2.3±.33

0.06

5th minute Apgar score

<8

58.7±10.9

50.4±5.0

.466

13.3±1.7

19.9±2.4

.038

5.8±0.7

3.7±.43

0.008

≥8

52.6±14.6

58.3±29.9

.88

14.5±3.5

12.1±2.8

.786

4.2±.74

4.5±1.4

.874

Complications

+

47.5±15.9

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7.3±2.8

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8.8±1.7

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-

58.5±9.9

50.1±4.9

.47

14.3±1.6

19.6±2.4

.07

5.1±.6

3.7±0.4

.048

Days of Hospitalization

<10

49.4±8.7

44.8±4.9

0.62

15.8±2.8

21.9±3.2

0.16

4.9±1.2

2.9±.32

.039

≥10

60.4±12.1

60.9±10.0

.98

12.8±1.8

15.8±3.3

0.47

5.7±.70

5.1±0.9

0.58