Research Article

Fibrinogen Alpha Chain Precursor and Apolipoprotein A-I in Urine as Biomarkers for Noninvasive Diagnosis of Calcium Oxalate Nephrolithiasis: A Proteomics Study

Table 1

General information of nephrolithiasis patients and healthy volunteers.

CharacteristicsTraining set Test setTotal

Nephrolithiasis
 Number of cases ( )541872
 Gender (M/F)32/2212/644/28
 Mean age (years)33.5 ± 4.930.4 ± 5.332.9 ± 5.0
 Stone size (length × width × height/mm)18 ± 6 × 10 ± 1.5 × 14 ± 611 ± 3 × 7 ± 1 × 10 ± 2a15 ± 4 × 9 ± 1 × 12 ± 4
 Grade of hydronephrosis
  I19423
  II30636
  III10313
 Blood urea nitrogen (mmol/L)5.5 ± 1.24.9 ± 0.9a5.2 ± 1.4
 Serum creatinine ( mol/L)87.19 ± 7.9879.41 ± 9.16a84.74 ± 6.98
Volunteers
 Number of cases ( )24630
 Gender (M/F)17/74/221/9
 Mean age (years)25.6 ± 3.727.2 ± 1.826.1 ± 2.5
 Blood urea nitrogen (mmol/L)4.8 ± 0.44.2 ± 1.5b4.5 ± 0.9
 Serum creatinine ( mol/L)66.91 ± 5.4962.43 ± 4.17b64.89 ± 4.88

, test set compared with training set in nephrolithiasis
, test set compared with training set in healthy volunteers.
Standard BUN 1.8–7.1 mmol/L, standard SCr 59–104 mmol/L.