Table 1. Serial ultrasound results of right kidney after CD34+ cell therapy (n = 10).
Variables | baseline | 1-M | 3-M | 6-M | 12-M | p-value |
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Length (cm)* | 10.9 ± 0.8 | 11.0 ± 0.8 | 10.9 ± 0.7 | 10.9 ± 0.8 | 10.7 ± 0.8 | 0.882 |
Width (cm)* | 5.4 ± 0.6 | 5.4 ± 0.6 | 5.5 ± 0.6 | 5.3 ± 0.6 | 5.3 ± 0.5 | 0.867 |
Grade of cortical echogenicity | 1.2 ± 0.35 | 1.2 ± 0.35 | 1.2 ± 0.35 | 1.1 ± 0.21 | 1.2 ± 0.34 | 0.698 |
Parenchymal thickness (cm) | 1.4 ± 0.15 | 1.4 ± 0.10 | 1.4 ± 0.16 | 1.3 ± 0.18 | 1.4 ± 0.11 | 0.867 |
dilated pelvicalyceal systems† | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Mass in right kidney† | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Data expression as mean ± SD.
M = month.
* indicates the long and short axis of kidney size, respectively.
† indicates none.