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Table 1 Functional renal parameters include concentrations of plasma creatinine and BUN, USG, UPC ratio, Uosm/Posm ratio and FENa, FEK, FECl, FEMg of the healthy cats (HC) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) cats

From: Renal shear wave elastography and urinary procollagen type III amino-terminal propeptide (uPIIINP) in feline chronic kidney disease

Parameters

No. of s samples

Healthy cats

CKD cats

Reference intervals

Plasma creatinine (mg/dL)

48

1.36 ± 0.19

2.59 ± 0.99***

0.6–1.6

BUN (mg/dL)

48

22.39 ± 4.62

39.74 ± 22.79***

14–36

USG

39

1.055 ± 0.01

1.034 ± 0.015***

1.035–1.060

UPC ratio

9

0.09 ± 0.1

0.96 ± 1.71***

<  0.2a

Uosm/Posm ratio

39

5.95 ± 1.56

2.95 ± 2.12***

NA

FENa (%)

39

0.58 ± 0.29

2.57 ± 3.02

<  1

FEK (%)

39

18.39 ± 6.41

44.69 ± 27.41***

<  20

FECl (%)

39

1.08 ± 0.47

4.79 ± 4.56***

<  1

FEMg (%)

39

2.41 ± 1.57

9.11 ± 7.86***

<  5.4

  1. aReference of UPC ratio in cats = non-proteinuric (< 0.2), borderline (0.2–0.4), proteinuric (> 0.4)
  2. BUN blood urea nitrogen, USG urine specific gravity, UPC ratio urine protein creatinine ratio, Uosm/Posm ratio urine osmolality per plasma osmolality ratio, FENa fractional excretion of sodium, FEK fractional excretion of potassium, FECl fractional excretion of chloride, FEMg fractional excretion of magnesium
  3. NA denotes no available data
  4. Data are presented as mean ± SD
  5. ***Statistically difference between groups was made using Unpaired t- test, P < 0.001