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Table 1. Comparison between all patients groups by ANOVA.

Parameters VUR
N=25
mean±SD
VUR±hydronephrosis
N=9
mean±SD
Hydronephrosis
N=16
mean±SD
Pyelonephritis
N=10
mean±SD
Cystitis
N=10
mean±SD
p-value
Age (months)
53.18±48.4
44.29±40.84
31.59±29.48
66.4±35.82
72.0±28.28
0.087
BW (kg)
12.7±7.04
11.29±7.45
10.16±4.4
18.98±8.77
21.18±6.29
<0.001*
WBC 103/mm3
10.26±3.15
10.49±4.63
12.13±5.97
15.4±3.12
8.74±0.65
0.004*
ESR (mm/hr)
36.16±22.33
33.56±13.92
35.81±27.19
38.0±5.14
15.5±5.38
0.060
Bl. urea (mmol/L)
6.14±2.7
7.18±3.95
5.89±2.52
5.245±1.66
4.5±0.77
0.206
S.creatinine(µmol/L)
91.936±30.94
10.848±49.5
89.28±54.8
83.09±20.3
71.6±10.6
0.317
U. creatinine (g/L)
0.24±0.07
0.23±0.05
0.3±0.15
0.31±0.13
0.54±0.1
<0.001**
U. NAG (U/L)
160.12±45.75
126.0±39.87
103.12±33.26
30.61±8.02
4.64±1.48
<0.001**
U.NAG/U. creatinine ratio (U/g) 687.47±176.1 532.87±81.14 398.18±166.77 109.83±37.81 9.1±4.4 <0.001**

BW =body weight, WBC=white blood cell count, U. NAG = Urinary N acetyl Beta - D glucosaminidase expressed in unit per liter (U/l), S =serum, U = urine,*= p value significant result, **= p value highly significant result, ANOVA=Analysis of variance.