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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2010 Oct 18;56(6):1131–1136. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.110.160481

Table 1.

Characteristics of the cohort

Clinical variable VEGF inhibitor (N=40) No VEGF inhibitor (N=40) P value for difference
Age, years 61.8 (10.1) 61.8 (9.6) 0.98
Nephrectomy, % 83 68 0.12
Prior HTN, % 73 50 0.04
Diabetes, % 18 13 0.76
ACE-I at sample, % 36 23 0.21
Female, % 23 25 0.79
Current smoking, % 11 15 0.50
Baseline systolic BP, mmHg 126.7 (18.6) 124.7 (16.6) 0.49
Baseline diastolic BP, mmHg 74.3 (10.0) 71.5 (9.0) 0.52
eGFR at urine collection, ml/min/1.73m2 60.3 (17.3) 60.0 (18.7) 0.64
Days of treatment prior to collection* 88 (39–183) N/A

HTN denotes hypertension; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor; ACE-I, Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor; BP, blood pressure.; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate

Mean (SD) or % unless otherwise stated

*

Median (IQR)