Table 1.

Example of recent reports of BOLD MR R2* values described for cortical and medullary regions obtained at (3 Tesla) magnet strength in human subjects

Study	Year	Cortex	Medulla	Comments
Li et at. (29)	2004	21.8	37.4	Healthy volunteers
Tumkur et al. (30)	2006	14.5	30.3	Baseline normal
Pruijm et al. (31)	2010	18.2	28.1	Normal, Low NA
Pruijm et al. (31)	2010	17.8	31.3	Normal, High NA
Gloviczki et al. (9)	2011	17.8	36.8	Essential Hypertension, 150 mEq NA
Gloviczki et al. (9)	2011	15.7	37.8	Moderate ARAS
Gloviczki et al. (9)	2011	21.6	39.1	Severe ARAS
Xin-Long et al. (32)	2012	18.79	25.07	CKD
Pruijm et al. (22)	2012	17.9	28.7	Type 2 diabetic patients
Vivier et al. (11)	2013	16.8-17.5	27.9-28.3	Healthy volunteers