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Table 2 Comparison between the patients and the controls

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

  1. P value less than 0.05 is significant
  2. Urinary EGF urinary epidermal growth factor