Table 4. Renal vein levels of NGAL, MCP-1 and TNF-α.
EH | STK-Baseline | STK-3 months | |||
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P vs. EH | P vs. baseline | ||||
MCP-1 (pg/mL) | 154 ± 71 | 208.2 ± 83 | 0.005 | 200 ± 93.6 | 0.6 |
TNF-α (pg/mL) | 4.7 ± 4.2 | 8.4 ± 5.8 | 0.0003 | 9 ± 5.8 | 0.3 |
NGAL (ng/mL) | 69.7 ± 36.5 | 121.2 ± 55 | 0.0006 | 108.8 ± 35 | 0.6 |
EH: essential hypertension, STK: stenotic kidney