. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 17.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Nephrol. 2014 Jun 17;39(6):543–552. doi: 10.1159/000363584

Table 3.

Mean GFR, RPF, FF and Renal Resistive Indices Stratified by Type of Ascites in Patients with Cirrhosis

	Right Kidney	Mean Renal Resistive Index	Left Kidney	Mean Renal Resistive Index	Mean GFR¹	Mean RPF¹	Mean FF²

No Ascites	Main Renal Artery	0.670	Main Renal Artery	0.677	82.894	229.857	0.36
	Segmental Artery	0.641	Segmental Artery	0.647
	Interlobar Artery	0.636	Interlobar Artery	0.628
	Arcuate Artery	0.616	Arcuate Artery	0.640
Diuretic-Sensitive Ascites	Main Renal Artery	0.715	Main Renal Artery	0.753	82.336	344.141	0.24
	Segmental Artery	0.706	Segmental Artery	0.702
	Interlobar Artery	0.680	Interlobar Artery	0.694
	Arcuate Artery	0.676	Arcuate Artery	0.658
Diuretic-Refractory Ascites	Main Renal Artery	0.818	Main Renal Artery	0.790	36.506	133.606	0.28
	Segmental Artery	0.761	Segmental Artery	0.763
	Interlobar Artery	0.734	Interlobar Artery	0.759
	Arcuate Artery	0.753	Arcuate Artery	0.699

GFR and RPF were reported in ml/min/1.73m².

FF=GFR/RPF.