Research Article

Urinary Extracellular Vesicles: Potential Biomarkers of Renal Function in Diabetic Patients

Table 3

Results of Spearman’s rho test for correlations between EVs density and biochemical parameters.

C
CD
UD
RF
NRF

Serum glucose0.49−0.27−0.33−0.66−0.21
(mmol/L)p = 0.01
Urine creatinine0.080.520.03−0.460.33
(mmol/L)p = 0.01p = 0.03
Urine albumin−0.160.370.14−0.030.25
(mg/L)
GFR0.500.260.27−0.540.07
(mL/min/1.73 m2)p = 0.04

Bold means statistically significant correlation at < 0.05 level.