Potential Novel Biomarkers of Obstructive Nephropathy in Children with Hydronephrosis

Table 3

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 B and control group.

	Study group B median (range)	Control group median (range)	Statistical analysis
Alpha-GST/Cr (ng/mg)	6.17 (0.8–11.74)	1.11 (0.26–3.5)
pi-GST/Cr (ng/mg)	17.9 (7.8–20.83)	14.6 (7.4–28.5)	NS
uNGAL/Cr (ng/mg)	1.41 (0.3–5.2)	0.83 (0.04–9.5)	NS
sNGAL (ng/ml)	58.5 (13.4–73.8)	4.8 (2.1–10.4)
KIM-1/Cr (ng/mg)	0.58 (0.2–0.96)	0.28 (0.06–1.06)

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