Table 1.
Summary of urinary cytokine:urine creatinine ratio results in normal cats and cats with chronic kidney disease
| Normal cats |
CKD cats |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD | Median | Range | Mean ±SD | Median | Range | |
| IL–8 (pg/mg) | 4.0 ± 2.8 | 3.2 | 1.7−13.5 | 9.5 ± 5.4 | 8.7 | 3.2− 30.4 |
| MCP–1 (pg/mg) | 103 ± 87.8 | 74.7 | 0−284.3 | 205.6 ± 215.5 | 124.2 | 0−837.4 |
| TGF–β1 (pg/mg) | 988.3 ± 427.1 | 870.9 | 488−1770 | 6814 ± 2006 | 6698 | 3601−9831 |
| VEGF (pg/mg) | 636.1 ± 326 | 525.3 | 129.4−1569 | 300.9 ± 161.4 | 239.9 | 35.3−593.7 |
IL-8 = interleukin-8, MCP-1 = monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, TGF-β1 = transforming growth factor-β1, VEGF = vascular endothelial growth factor