Table 4.

Correlation between ANGPTL8 levels and main clinical indicators in patients with PNS

Variables	Serum ANGPTL8		Urine ANGPTL8/UCr
	r	p value	r	p value
CHOL	0.209	0.016*	0.073	0.406
TG	0.412	0.000*	0.036	0.682
HDL-C	0.065	0.445	0.201	0.020*
LDL-C	0.129	0.140	0.113	0.193
ALB	−0.027	0.757	−0.068	0.434
CREA	−0.017	0.845	− 0.323	0.000*
Ur	0.115	0.188	−0.089	0.309
eGFR	−0.137 (− 0.119)	0.116 (0.813)	0.016 (0.352)	0.853 (0.000*)
24hUTP	0.087	0.321	−0.268	0.002*
BMI	−0.069	0.461	−0.206	0.028*

Spearman’s correlation analysis was used

r: Spearman’s correlation coefficient

* P value < 0.05 was significant correlation