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Table 2 Characteristics of study sample, by Post-Occlusive and Thermal Hyperemic categories

From: Microvascular endothelial dysfunction is associated with albuminuria and CKD in older adults

 

Post-Occlusive Reactive Hyperemia(N = 65)

Thermal Hyperemia (N = 52)

 

High

Low

p-value

High (>892 %)

Low (<892 %)

p-value

Age

68.6

70.6 (7.6)

0.3

68.5 (7.3)

69.8 (1.5)

0.5

African American

15 (48.4 %)

17 (56.7 %)

0.5

17 (65.4 %)

12 (46.2 %)

0.2

SBP (mmHg)

145.5 (15.0)

136.0 (18.3)

0.03

141.3 (16.0)

137.2 (18.8)

0.4

DBP (mmHg)

76.5 (10.0)

72.1 (8.1)

0.06

75.4 (10.2)

73.2 (8.1)

0.4

BMI

30.7 (6.6)

30.4 (5.5)

0.9

30.2 (6.3)

32.6 (4.8)

0.14

Diabetes

13 (41.9 %)

18 (60 %)

0.2

16 (61.5 %)

10 (38.5 %)

0.10

Coronary Artery Diseasea

5 (16.1 %)

5 (16.7 %)

1.0

4 (15.4 %)

4 (15.4 %)

1.0

Smoking

     

0.6

 Current

19 (61.3 %)

19 (63.3 %)

0.6

1 (3.9 %)

0 (0 %)

 Former

0 (0 %)

1 (3.3 %)

15 (57.7 %)

17 (65.4 %)

10 (38.5 %)

9 (34.6 %)

 Never

12 (38.7 %)

9(30 %)

ACEI or ARB

19 (63.3 %)

26 (83.9 %)

0.07

18 (69 %)

18 (69 %)

1.0

Nitrates

1 (3.3 %)

1 (3.3 %)

0.8

1 (3.9 %)

0

0.5

eGFR (cc/min/1.73 m2)

69.2 (4.9)

56.0 (4.1)

0.04

61.9 (24.0)

68.7 (29.8)

0.4

Alb/Cr ratio

5 [2.3, 26]

18.2

0.006

4.4

21.5

0.009

[7.2, 334]

[2.8, 11.8]

[4.4, 207]

  1. Cell values represent mean (SD), median [inter-quartile range], and N (%)
  2. aPatients with unstable coronary disease or with recent coronary intervention were excluded