LCAT and bacterial urinary tract infection: Similarly, LCAT was significantly elevated in the infected group compared to the control (FC = 1.61, p < 0.05), STH (FC = 2.90, p < 0.01), UTI (FC = 1.74, p < 0.01) and non-UTI (FC = 2.11, p < 0.01) (Fig 6B).