Bacteriology.

<p>Abbreviations: GNB, gram-negative bacillus; GPC, gram-positive cocci.</p><p>chi-square test.</p><p><i>*p</i><0.05.</p><p>Bacteriology.</p

Glucose variability: standard deviation (SD) and renal outcome.

<p><i>*p</i><0.05.</p><p>Glucose variability: standard deviation (SD) and renal outcome.</p

Blood glucose levels and renal outcome.

<p>Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.</p><p><i>*p</i><0.05.</p><p>Blood glucose levels and renal outcome.</p

Glucose variability: coefficient of variation (CV) and renal outcome.

<p><i>*p<0.05.</i></p><p>Glucose variability: coefficient of variation (CV) and renal outcome.</p

Cox proportional hazard regression: hazard ratio of variables and renal injury.

<p><i>*p<0.05.</i></p><p>Cox proportional hazard regression: hazard ratio of variables and renal injury.</p

Patient characteristics.

<p>Abbreviations: CVD, cardiovascular disease; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; WBC, white blood cell; UPCR, urine protein–creatinine ratio; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure.</p>†<p>chi-square test.</p>‡<p>student's t-test.</p>§<p>Mann–Whitney U test.</p><p><i>*p</i><0.05.</p><p>Patient characteristics.</p

Changes in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) over time within the early- and late-recovery groups.

<p>T (0) represents the time point on admission from urinary tract infection; the “plus” and “minus” symbols represent the time interval after and before admission, respectively. Acute kidney injury occurred in diabetic patients with chronic kidney disease [eGFR at T (0) versus T (−6); <i>p</i> = 0.007 in Group A; <i>p</i> = 0.001 in Group B], and eGFR reverted to the trend 6 months later if urinary tract infection was cured.</p

Participant flow diagram depicting the screening/enrollment process.

<p>Participant flow diagram depicting the screening/enrollment process.</p

Intensity of MMP-9 expression in different regions of renal tissues divided by low and high interstitial fibrosis score (left) and glomerular fibrosis score (right).

<p>NTn, normal tubular nucleus; NTc, normal tubular cytoplasm; Gn, glomerular nuclei; Gc, glomerular cytoplasm; ATn, atrophic tubular nuclei; ATc, atrophic tubular cytoplasm.</p><p>Data were analyzed by the chi-squared test and <i>p</i><0.05 indicates significance.</p

Associations between interstitial and glomerular fibrosis with clinicopathologic variables.

<p>Interstitial fibrosis scores were significantly correlated with glomerular fibrosis scores (r = 0.741, <i>p</i><0.001).</p><p><i>p</i><0.05 was considered statistically significant.</p