Research Article

Alteration of Angiopoietin-Like Protein 4 Levels in Serum or Urine Correlate with Different Biochemical Markers in Hyperlipidemia-Related Proteinuria

Table 8

Expression of ANGPTL4 in serum and urine in patients with proteinuria (HL-Pro/NHL-Pro group) among the different 24hUPro classification groups.

Group ()24hUPro () (g/d)Serum ANGPTL4 (ng/ml)Urine ANGPTL4/Cr (μg/g)

HL-Pro group ()Level 0 (16)56.70 (23.16, 98.07)48.99 (44.22, 66.65)
Level 1 (28)18.75 (17.15, 53.72)47.20 (45.25, 56.32)
Level 2 (4)26.05 (20.27, 31.83)51.31 (51.00, 51.62)
Level 3 (16)35.42 (22.14, 46.83)89.41 (52.72, 112.99)
Level 4 (4)29.84 (22.76, 36.91)84.43 (80.02, 88.84)
14.72618.461
0.0050.001

NHL-Pro group ()Level 1 (22)24.33 (18.10, 33.79)40.18 (27.98, 64.18)
Level 2 (8)19.75 (18.78, 24.25)70.11 (32.00, 233.82)
Level 3 (16)21.69 (16.57, 26.85)78.89 (46.01, 109.33)
1.8936.260
0.3880.044