Research Article
Urinary Angiotensinogen Is Elevated in Patients with Nephrolithiasis
Table 1
General characteristics of nephrolithiasis patients and healthy controls.
| | Factor | Nephrolithiasis () | Healthy controls () |
| | Age (years) | 45.5 ± 14.3 | 43.6 ± 12.7 | | Gender (male/female) | 37/23 | 35/15 | | Body weight (kg) | 62.68 ± 11.86 | 65.64 ± 9.52 | | Height (m) | 1.68 ± 0.10 | 1.70 ± 0.08 | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 22.58 ± 5.97 | 23.05 ± 4.29 | | Urine volume (mL/24 h) | 1487 ± 531.8 | 1158 ± 498.7 | | Specific gravity | 1021 ± 7.8 | 1023 ± 8.4 | | Urine creatinine (g/24 h) | 1.7 ± 0.8 | 1.6 ± 0.9 | | Urine pH | 6.21 ± 0.56 | 6.09 ± 0.72 | | Urine uric acid (mg/24 h) | 667 ± 153 | 679 ± 144 | | Urine angiotensinogen (pg/mL) | 1250.78 ± 439.27* | 219.34 ± 45.27 | | 24 h UA excretion (μg/24 h) | 8.7 ± 1.12* | 4.1 ± 0.46 | | UA/urine creatinine ratio (μg/g) | 18.9 ± 5.22* | 4.3 ± 1.60 |
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in patients compared with healthy controls.
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