Clinical Application Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin and Kidney Injury Molecule-1 as Indicators of Inflammation Persistence and Acute Kidney Injury in Children with Urinary Tract Infection

Table 3

Effects of infection on renal parameter levels at the time of hospital discharge when values at the time of admission to the hospital were used as covariates.

	Shorter duration of inflammation; 𝑛=17	Longer duration of inflammation; 𝑛=33	P
sNGAL, ng/mL	78.80±14.68	104.82±10.17	0.155
uNGAL, ng/mL	67.87±16.04	115.37±11.72	0.022^a
KIM-1, ng/mL	0.169 (0.08–0.34)	0.295 (0.182–0.479)	0.198

Data are adjusted mean ± SD or geometrical mean (95% CI for the mean) for variables with skewed distribution. ^asignificant differences between groups in ANCOVA with adjustment for baseline values.
Shorter duration of inflammation—CRP level less than 10 mg/L at the time of hospital discharge, longer duration of inflammation—CRP level higher than 10 mg/L at the time of hospital discharge.