Potential Novel Biomarkers of Obstructive Nephropathy in Children with Hydronephrosis

Table 2

The results of the urinary excretion of alpha-GST/Cr, pi-GST/Cr, NGAL/Cr, and KIM-1/Cr and serum NGAL levels in the study group A and control group.

	Study group A median (range)	Control group median (range)	Statistical analysis
Alpha-GST/Cr (ng/mg)	4.51 (0.54–17.3)	1.11 (0.26–3.5)
pi-GST/Cr (ng/mg)	30.4 (17.5–24.9)	14.6 (7.4–28.5)
uNGAL/Cr (ng/mg)	1.73 (0.17–10.0)	0.83 (0.04–9.5)
sNGAL (ng/ml)	59.9 (45.2–85.3)	4.8 (2.1–10.4)
KIM-1/Cr (ng/mg)	2.4 (0.2–5.1)	0.28 (0.06–1.06)

uNGAL: urinary NGAL; sNGAL: serum NGAL; Cr: creatinine.