Table 5 Comparison between COPD patients with and without albuminuria according to laboratory data.

From: Albuminuria as a non-invasive biomarker of endothelial dysfunction in patients with COPD

 

Total (n = 60)

Patients with albuminuria (n = 16)

Patients without albuminuria (n = 44)

P

Serum creatinine

1 ± 0.2

1 ± 0.3

1 ± 0.2

0.707

eGFR (mL/min)

94.3 ± 21.1

98.7 ± 28

92.8 ± 18.4

0.416

Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL)

99.6 ± 14.8

109.8 ± 13.5

95.9 ± 13.6

0.004*

Total serum cholesterol (mg/dL)

187 ± 37.7

198.8 ± 45.2

182.9 ± 34.6

0.214

  1. p: p-value for comparing COPD patients with albuminuria and patients without albuminuria, eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate.
  2. Data were presented as mean ± SD.
  3. *: Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05.
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