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TABLE 3

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Urinary neopterin concentrations in patients with Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN)

Draga Toncheva, Angel S Galabov, Andreas Laich, Srebrena Atanassova, Bojin Kamarinchev, Tzvetan Dimitrov and Dietmar Fuchs

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Table 3. Associations between age and laboratory characteristics of patients with Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN)

 HemoglobinESR (1 hour)ESR (2 hours)CreatinineAge
Neopterin-0.0320.2260.221-0.0550.174
 NSNSNSNSNS
Hemoglobin -0.787-0.780-0.690-0.261
  <0.001<0.001<0.001<0.05
ESR (1 hour)  0.9720.4870.313
   <0.001<0.001<0.05
ESR (2 hours)   0.4760.339
    <0.0010.01
Creatinine    0.316
     0.02

  r and P values in brackets are shown; NS is not significant.

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