Table 2. Comparison of Serum Creatinine with Renal Cortical Echogenicity .
| Echogenicity Grades [Grading based on ultrasound features] | Serum Creatinine (mg/dl) | ||||||
| No. of Patients | Mean | SD | 95% Confidence Interval for Mean | F Value | P-Value | ||
| Lower Bound | Upper Bound | ||||||
| Grade 0 | 60 | 1.252 | 0.050 | 1.239 | 1.265 | 367.726 | 0.0005 |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 1.853 | 0.129 | 1.820 | 1.887 | ||
| Grade 2 | 44 | 2.568 | 0.651 | 2.370 | 2.766 | ||
| Grade 3 | 24 | 3.275 | 0.352 | 3.126 | 3.424 | ||
| Grade 4 | 12 | 5.033 | 0.528 | 4.698 | 5.369 | ||
| Total | 200 | 2.191 | 1.0431 | 2.046 | 2.337 | ||