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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Nephrol. 2013 Jun 20;28(11):2179–2188. doi: 10.1007/s00467-013-2524-6

Table 3.

NGAL, FGF-2, and EGF concentrations expressed per mL of urine.

Control
(n = 27)
Hypothermia (HT)
(n = 25)
ECMO
(n = 10)
P-value*

NGAL (ng/ml)
Baseline 63.85
(4.5 −142)
929.0 *
(290 −1,000)
358.0* *
(164 −592)
* < 0.0001
** 0.0007
48hr n/a 577.5*
(122 −1,000)
241.0* *
(81– 935)
* < 0.0001
** 0.0055
Recovery n/a 181.0*
(49 – 613)
37.0* *
(21–100)
* 0.0033
** 0.9843

FGF (pg/ml)
Baseline 2.1
(1.2 – 6.8)
10.0*
(3.5 – 15.7)
2.6**
(1.8 – 12.1)
* 0.0095
** 0.5108
48hr n/a 8.5*
(4.5 – 12.6)
2.5**
(0.7 – 7.7)
* 0.0012
** 0.8838
Recovery n/a 3.6*
(0.9 – 8.7)
2.1* *
(0.2 – 3.7)
* 0.7550
** 0.2400

EGF (pg/ml)
Baseline 10,768
(5,991–21,906)
2,141*
(1,225 – 4,503)
5,195**
(869 – 12,302)
* < 0.0001
** 0.0616
48hr n/a 2,393*
(1,515 – 4,377)
3,789**
(2,152 – 4,845)
* < 0.0001
** 0.0007
Recovery n/a 5,762* (2,911–9,411) 4,875* *
(1,497 – 6,284)
* 0.0044
** 0.0016

NAGL, Neutrophil Gelatinase-associated Lipocalin; FGF, fibroblast growth factor; EGF, epidural growth factor

Data expressed as median (IQR).

P values (* / ** ) compared to the control group (Mann Whitney test).