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Table 2 Effects of 1% ethylene glycol on urine, serum, and kidney parameters in normal rats and CaOx rats

From: Changing expression profiles of long non-coding RNAs, mRNAs and circular RNAs in ethylene glycol-induced kidney calculi rats

Parameters

A

B

P value

Urine

 Specific Gravity

1.04 ± 0.01

1.02 ± 0.01

*

 pH

7.48 ± 0.1

6.58 ± 0.17

*

 Urinary output

41.75 ± 3.86

56.5 ± 3.42

**

 Calcium (mmol/L)

1.33 ± 0.2

2.46 ± 0.29

**

 Sodium (mmol/L)

82.33 ± 12.89

83.18 ± 7.69

ns

 Potassium (mmol/L)

9.92 ± 1.01

9.76 ± 1.3

ns

 Phosphate (mmol/L)

89.18 ± 9.94

79 ± 14.11

ns

 Uric acid (mmol/L)

166.4 ± 9.69

781.55 ± 119.49

**

 Creatinine (mmol/L)

560.4 ± 29.51

2608.55 ± 869.24

*

 Urea Nitrogen (mmol/L)

99.69 ± 14.17

258.36 ± 33.57

**

Serum

 Potassium (mmol/L)

5.21 ± 0.83

5.02 ± 0.37

ns

 Sodium (mmol/L)

144.55 ± 2.73

148.78 ± 0.94

*

 Chlorine (mmol/L)

97.3 ± 1.1

96.93 ± 1.11

ns

 Calcium (mmol/L)

2.93 ± 0.16

2.58 ± 0.1

**

 Phosphorus (mmol/L)

2.83 ± 0.24

2.82 ± 0.11

ns

 Magnesium (mmol/L)

0.97 ± 0.17

0.98 ± 0.16

ns

 Uric acid (umol/L)

40.48 ± 12.28

168.03 ± 24.71

**

 Creatinine (umol/L)

44.58 ± 2.94

57.25 ± 7.08

**

 Urea Nitrogen (mmol/L)

4.92 ± 0.46

9.23 ± 0.59

**

 Cystatin C (mg/L)

0.32 ± 0.02

0.37 ± 0.01

*

  1. A and B groups represent normal and urolithiatic rats, respectively. The CaOx group received 1% EG in drinking water. Each column represents the mean ± SD for 4 rats
  2. * represents p values < 0.05; ** represents p values < 0.01. ns represents no significance