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Table 3 Clinical and biochemical characteristics of the 46 subjects with elevated urinary melamine levels, defined as urine melamine/creatinine ratio >7.1 ug/mmol.

From: Hong Kong Chinese school children with elevated urine melamine levels: A prospective follow up study

 

n (%)/mean (SD)/median (IQR))

Gender ψ

 

   Male

13 (28.3%)

   Female

33 (71.7%)

Age (years)

13.9 (2.9)

Body weight (kg)

47.9 (15.3)

Body height (cm)

155.9 (11.8)

BMI (kg/m2)

19.7 (4.5)

Urine total protein(g/l) ψ

 

   <0.1*

35 (77.8%)

   0.1 - <0.2

6 (13.3%)

   0.2 - <0.3

2 (4.4%)

   0.3 - <0.4

0

   ≥0.4

2 (4.4%)

Urine albumin-creatinine ratio (mg/mmol)

0.70 (0.00 - 2.55)

Abnormal ultrasound finding on the urinary system ψ

0

  1. Data marked with were presented as medians (interquartile ranges) and with ψ as frequencies (%), all others were presented as means (standard deviations).
  2. * minimum detectable level.