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

BMC Pediatrics

Table 5 Correlation coefficient between the laboratory data in diabetic patients with bacteriuria

DM with bacteriuria	NGAL		hs CRP		GFR
DM with bacteriuria	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value
hs CRP ^(P)	*0.992*	< 0.001*
GFR ^(P)	*-0.895*	< 0.001*	*-0.905*	< 0.001*
Duration ^(P)	-0.204	0.146	-0.210	0.134	0.148	0.294
HbA1c ^(P)	*0.978*	< 0.001*	*0.980*	< 0.001*	*-0.923*	< 0.001*
pus cells number ^(P)	*0.958*	< 0.001*	*0.942*	< 0.001*	*-0.765*	< 0.001*
Presence of pus cells ^(S)	*0.778*	< 0.001*	*0.785*	< 0.001*	*-0.783*	< 0.001*
Creatinine ^(P)	0.757	< 0.001*	0.781	< 0.001*	-0.779	< 0.001*
Urea ^(P)	0.433	0.001*	0.426	0.002*	-0.496	< 0.001*

(P) Pearson’s correlation, GFR glomerular filtration rate, (S) Spearman’s correlation
^*: Significant level at P value < 0.05

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