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Table 3 Characteristics and laboratory outcomes among patients with UUC stratified by HBsAg status

From: Chronic hepatitis B virus infection increases the risk of upper urinary calculi

 

Patients with UUC

P value

HBsAg-positive

(n = 41)

HBsAg-negative

(n = 473)

Age (yr)

50 (43.5, 67)

52 (43, 62)

0.686

BMI (kg/m2)

24.67 (20.99, 26.94)

23.72(21.74, 25.84)

0.284

Sex, n (%)

  

0.155

 Males

29 (70.7)

281 (59.4)

 

 Females

12 (29.3)

192 (40.6)

 

Geographical residence, n (%)

  

0.127

 Rural

37 (90.2)

381 (80.5)

 

 Urban

4 (9.8)

92 (19.5)

 

History, n (%)

   

 Surgery

16 (39.0)

244 (51.6)

0.123

 Blood transfusion

0 (0)

3 (0.6)

1

 Haemodialysis

1 (2.4)

2 (0.4)

0.221

 Hypertension, n (%)

12 (29.3)

111 (23.5)

0.404

 Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

5 (12.2)

61 (12.9)

0.898

 UTI, n (%)

13 (31.7)

197 (41.6)

0.214

 Urine pH

6.5 (6, 6.5)

6 (5.5, 6.5)

0.001

 > 6, n (%)

21 (51.2)

125 (26.4)

0.001

 Urine Specific Gravity

1.02 (1.015, 1.025)

1.02 (1.015, 1.025)

0.773

Serum

   

 Albumin (g/L)

41.4 (40, 42.8)

41.7 (39.1, 44.1)

0.365

 Total bilirubin (μmol/L)

14.3 (10.35, 21.1)

15 (11.25, 19.2)

0.519

 Direct bilirubin (μmol/L)

3.8 (3.065, 5.62)

3.83 (2.705, 5.29)

0.146

 ALT (U/L)

21 (13.5, 34)

20 (13, 30)

0.931

 AST (U/L)

21 (17, 26)

19 (15, 24)

0.670

 Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.66 (4.04, 5.23)

4.69 (4.08, 5.28)

0.635

 Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.1 (0.77, 1.315)

1.17(0.85, 1.49)

0.275

 HDL (mmol/L)

1.15 (0.925, 1.285)

1.07 (0.84, 1.305)

0.469

 LDL (mmol/L)

2.71 (2.165, 3.28)

2.90 (2.28, 3.46)

0.998

 Uric acid (μmol/L)

311 (268.5, 355.5)

337 (278, 389.5)

0.229

 Calcium (mmol/L)

2.29 (2.16, 2.355)

2.31 (2.2, 2.4)

0.085

 Phosphorus (mmol/L)

1.00 (0.92, 1.105)

1.0284 (0.92, 1.14)

0.636

 Sodium (mmol/L)

139 (137.9, 141.45)

139.7(137.7, 141.3)

0.789

 Chlorine (mmol/L)

102.4 (100.95, 104.55)

102.4(100.5, 104.5)

0.256

 Potassium (mmol/L)

3.97 (3.685, 4.315)

3.93 (3.665, 4.20)

0.592

 Creatinine (mmol/L)

83.8 (57.5, 100)

82 (64, 104)

0.835

  1. HBsAg hepatitis B surface antigen, UUC upper urinary calculi, BMI  body mass index, UTI urinary tract infection, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, LDL low-density lipoprotein, HDL high-density lipoprotein. Data are shown as the median (first quartile, third quartile), or number (proportion)