Table 2: Comparison between measures at Vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) and steady state.
|
Mean (SD) at VOC |
Mean (SD) at steady state |
Mean difference (SE) |
p-value, two-sided paired t-test |
Serum UA |
5.24 (1.71) |
5.22 (1.43) |
0.0125 (0.319) |
0.9699 |
Urine UA: Cr ratio |
0.48 (0.26) |
0.62 (0.20) |
-0.1367 (0.156) |
0.4097 |
Simkin Index |
0.24 (0.13) |
0.30 (0.14) |
-0.05 (0.089) |
0.4748 |
mSchwartz Cr-eGFR |
129.6 (30.4) |
142.2 (27.0) |
-12.69 (6.16) |
0.0785 |
PedsQL Score |
47.8 (20.9) |
56.0 (10.8) |
8.20 (4.76) |
0.1283 |
Hemoglobin |
8.59 (1.7) |
9.15 (0.8) |
-0.56 (0.64) |
0.4065 |
Biomarkers |
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Urine IL-18, pg/mL |
93.41 (59.09) |
49.26 (21.54) |
44.153 (17.61) |
0.0406* |
Urine KIM-1, pg/mL |
588.51 (699.56) |
472.68 (385.32) |
115.83 (164.03) |
0.5029 |
Urine Endothelin-1, pg/mL |
0.39 (0.42) |
0.26 (0.23) |
0.13 (0.18) |
0.5024 |
Urine NAG, U/L |
5.68 (4.13) |
4.63 (0.82) |
1.05 (1.45) |
0.4916 |
Urine Nlrp3, ng/mL |
1.45 (3.01) |
0.55 (0.53) |
0.90 (0.89) |
0.3465 |
Serum CRP, mg/dL |
4.49 (10.26) |
0.4 (0.24) |
4.09 (3.83) |
0.3267 |