Diagnostic and Prognostic Values of BMPER in Patients with Urosepsis following Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the study subjects.

Variable	Control (n=85)	UUO (n=305)			P value
		Group I (n=112)	Group II (n=103)	Group III (n=90)
Age (years)	49(46,57)	48(44,57)	52(47,57)	53(46,58)	0.162
Gender					0.941
Male	32	44	43	37
Female	53	68	60	53
DM (n)	8	13	10	9	0.955
BMI	22.0(19.9,24.5)	21.9(20.3,23.4)	21.8(19.9,23.1)	22.1(20.5,23.5)	0.663
Laterality					0.854
Left		60	52	45
Right		52	51	45
Stone site					0.895
Proximal		37	34	29
Middle		28	28	28
Distal		50	41	33
Stone size (mm)		7.5(6.4,8.6)	7.7(6.4,8.5)	7.8(6.7,8.5)	0.451
Hydronephrosis (mm)		2.3 ± 0.6	2.1 ± 0.5	2.2 ± 0.4	0.122
Operation time (min)		25(21,27)	25(22,29)	25(22,28)	0.187
WBC (10^9/L)	7.3 ± 1.6	7.3 ± 1.8	6.9 ± 1.5	7.5 ± 1.8	0.130
T	36.6(36.5,36.7)	36.6(36.5,36.7)	36.6(36.5,36.7)	36.7(36.5,36.8)	0.329
HR	78 ± 15	74 ± 15	74 ± 15	78 ± 16	0.085
MAP	94(86,100)	91(81,101)	96(84,103)	94(82,101)	0.433
PLT	171(152,198)	186(157,212)	190(156,208)	178(156,201)	0.169
CRP	5(5,6)	5(4,6)	5(5,6)	6(5,6)	0.272
PCT	0.21 ± 0.10	0.23 ± 0.13	0.22 ± 0.13	0.25 ± 0.12	0.086
BMPER	0.79 ± 0.17	0.84 ± 0.30	0.78 ± 0.21	0.80 ± 0.17	0.359
Cr	73.2 ± 9.3	73.6 ± 11.4	73.2 ± 11.3	72.9 ± 11.9	0.980
Serum albumin	37.6 ± 1.4	37.6 ± 1.3	37.3 ± 1.4	37.5 ± 1.1	0.187
Bilirubin	10.78(7.38,12.65)	11.49(8.88,14.10)	11.06(8.60,14.29)	10.63(8.57,13.84)	0.322

UUO: unilateral ureteral obstruction; DM: diabetes mellitus; BMI: body mass index; WBC: white blood cell; T: temperature; HR: heart rate; MAP: mean arterial pressure; PLT: platelet; CRP: C-reactive protein; PCT: procalcitonin; BMPER: BMP-binding endothelial cell precursor-derived regulator; Cr: creatinine. Group I: low irrigation group; Group II: medium irrigation group; Group III: high irrigation group.
The normal values are as follows: WBC: 4.0-10.0×10⁹/L; T: 36.0-37.0°C; HR: 60-100/min; MAP: 70~105 mmHg; CRP: 0~10 mg/L; PCT: 0~0.5 ng/mL; Cr: 44-133 μmol/L; serum albumin: 35-40 g/L; Bilirubin: 1.71-21 μmol/L.