Table 2.

Renal injury markers in study participants

Variable	Cases Patients with normoalbuminuria (n=90)	Controls Patients with microalbuminuria (n=90)	P
Albuminuria (mg)	20.4±10.6	176.94±48.38	0.002
Urine albumin/creatinine (mg/g)	11.08±1.4	55.25±41.2	0.01
Urine NGAL (ng/mL)	4.82±0.8	10.3±2.07	0.01
Serum NGAL (ng/mL)	126.68±12.33	155.06±30.15	0.04
Serum cystatin C (ng/mL)	557.52±127.48	1739.45±1395.23	0.001

Data are expressed in mean±SD. SD=Standard deviation, NGAL=Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin