From: Urinary epidermal growth factor as a marker for lupus nephritis: clinical, laboratory, and histopathological study
Variable
Patients (58)
Control (30)
P-value
Age, year
31.6±9.4
32.5±6.4
0.7
Urine protein
106.6±63.8
5.7±0.95
0.002
Urine creatinine
128.4±31.3
136±145
0.42
Protein/creatinine
1.02±0.57
0.06±0.036
0.03
Urinary EGF
30.2±16.7
50.7±0.9
0.001