Table 3

Clinical markers of kidney function in two consecutive investigations


Variable
N
Median
5%-value
95%-value
Spearman correlation coefficient (p)
ICC
ICC 5%-value

Total protein in urine (mg/L)
2003/04
201
30.0
10
140
-0.03 (p = 0.73)
0.03
-0.09

2004/05
189
13.5
0
86



Albumin in urine (mg/L)
2003/04
201
5.9
0.9
36
0.05 (0.53)
-0.14
-0.26

2004/05
188
1.0
0.9
17



β2-micro-globulin in urine (ng/mL)
2003/04
201
25.1
7.3
171
0.41 (< 0.0001)
-086
-0.89

2004/05
189
37.5
12.5
244



Creatinine in 1-hour urine (g/L)
2003/04
188
0.27
0.06
1.23
0.29 (p < 0.001)
0.23
0.11

2004/05
189
0.44
0.11
1.7



Creatinine in 4-hour urine (g/l)
2003/04
201
0.19
0.05
1.43
0.05 (0.47)
-0.04
-0.16

2004/05
189
0.13
0.03
0.54



Glomerular filtration rate/BSA#
2003/04
200
59.8
22.4
292
0.07 (0.33)
-0.16
-0.27

2004/05
189
41.5
5.6
144



CCR (Cockcroft & Gault)/BSA# (mL/min/m2)
2003/04
199
58.2
41.6
79.7
0.264 (< 0.0003)
0.24
0.12

2004/05
189
54.4
38.4
87.0



Kidney length (average of both) (mm)
2003/04
201
118.5
106
128.5
0.91 (< 0.0001)
0.92
0.9

2004/05
189
118
106.5
129.5



Minimal kidney cortex width (average) (mm)
2003/04
201
16.0
12
18.5
0.68 (< 0.0001)
0.66
0.58

2004/05
189
15.5
12
19




# BSA = square root ((height in cm × weight in kg)/3600)

Karmaus et al. Environmental Health 2008 7:11   doi:10.1186/1476-069X-7-11