Research Article
Microalbuminuria and Traditional Serum Biomarkers of Nephropathy among Diabetic Patients at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in South Western Uganda
Table 2
Laboratory renal markers of the study population.
| Characteristics | Mean (SD) | Reference intervals |
| Creatinine (μmol/L) | 109.8 (19.8) | 74-127 | Uric acid (μmol/L) | 245.8 (74.6) | 214-488 | Glucose (mmol/L) | 9.3 (5.4) | 3.9-6.4 | Sodium (mEq/L) | 153.8 (8.5) | 135-155 | Potassium (mEq/L) | 4.7 (0.8) | 2-7 | Chloride (mmol/L) | 98.4 (12.5) | 97-108 | eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2) | 66.0 (14.8) | 60-90 | Normoalbuminuria (mg/dL) | 0.68 (0.28) | <2 | Microalbuminuria (mg/dL) | 6.52 (5.05) | 2-20 | Macroalbuminuria (mg/dL) | 33.14 (0.00) | >20 |
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