Assessment of early kidney injury caused by asymptomatic bacteriuria in children with type 1 diabetes

BMC Pediatrics

Table 2 Urine analysis data of the studied groups

		DM with bacteriuria	DM without bacteriuria	Control	P value
		N = 52	N = 52	N = 52	P value
Pus cells	-Ve + Ve	27(51.9%) ^a 25(48.1%)	52(100%) ^b 0(0%)	52(100%) ^b 0(0%)	< 0.001*
Pus cells number	Range Mean ± SD Median (IQR)	(5–90) 37.6 ± 30 25/ (10–70)	––	––	––
Glucosuria	-Ve + Ve	42(80.8%) ^a 10(19.2%)	45(86.5%) ^a 7(13.5%)	52(100%) ^b 0(0%)	0.005*

Fisher’s exact test for qualitative data between the two groups
Superscript with different small letters refer two significance difference between the two groups
^* Significant level at P value < 0.05

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