NGAL as an Early Predictive Marker of Diabetic Nephropathy in Children and Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Figure 2

Box plot of NGAL levels. Boxes represent the interquartile range; lines inside the boxes represent the median value; cross represents mean marker; and whiskers represent the lowest and highest observations, respectively. The mean value for NGAL in children with T1D was 67.67 ng/ml (SD: 27.93) while in the group of adults with T1D, it was 85.26 ng/ml (SD: 29.49). Both groups had a significantly higher mean value compared with the two control groups (mean NGAL: 24.69 ng/ml (SD: 15.89) for the children control group () and 76.18 ng/ml (SD: 19.22) for the adult control group ()) according to paired t-test analysis for independent samples.