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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2016 Sep 19;68(5):1145–1152. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.116.07744

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics. Mean +/− standard deviation (for continuous data) or frequency (for proportional data) in each treatment group, (n), according to baseline urine albumin/creatinine ratio (<= or > the median value (22.5 mg/g)). In the low baseline uACR stratum, the medical therapy group had more prevalent diabetes mellitus, cigarette smoking, and prior MI, but lower total cholesterol, higher HDL, less prior heart failure, and less global ischemia. Patients without baseline uACR not included in the analyses are presented in the last two columns for comparison; their baseline characteristics are comparable to those without missing baseline uACR and also comparable between treatment groups, except that those with missing data in the medical therapy group had higher prevalence of diabetes mellitus, cigarette smoking, prior MI, prior heart failure, and more global stenosis. Their exclusion from the analyses therefore shows no evidence of biasing the analyses done for those with baseline uACR in favor of stent placement. “Global” ischemia = bilateral renal artery stenosis or unilateral stenosis in a uninephric patient.

Measure Cohort 1 (uACR <= 22.5 mg/g) Cohort 2 (uACR > 22.5 mg/g) uACR Not Available
Stent (N=199) Medical Therapy (N=214) Stent (N=209) Medical Therapy (N=204) Stent (N=51) Medical Therapy (N=54)
Age (years)
 Mean±SD (N) 68.72±9.13 (199) 68.22±9.48 (214) 70.11±9.02 (209) 70.40±8.11 (204) 68.35±11.33 (51) 66.81±9.21 (54)
 Range (Min,Max) (35.00,88.00) (37.00,89.00) (38.00,88.00) (46.00,87.00) (37.00,88.00) (45.00,87.00)
 Median (IQ Range) 70.00 (62.00 – 75.00) 69.00 (62.00 – 75.00) 71.00 (65.00 – 77.00) 71.00 (65.00 – 77.00) 71.00 (61.00 – 76.00) 66.00 (60.00 – 75.00)
Gender: Male 51.8% (103/199) 51.9% (111/214) 51.7% (108/209) 45.6% (93/204) 45.1% (23/51) 50.0% (27/54)
Race
 American Indian or Alaska Native 0.0% (0/199) 0.0% (0/214) 0.5% (1/209) 0.5% (1/204) 0.0% (0/51) 0.0% (0/54)
 Asian 0.5% (1/199) 3.3% (7/214) 1.4% (3/209) 0.0% (0/204) 2.0% (1/51) 0.0% (0/54)
 Black or African-American 6.0% (12/199) 5.6% (12/214) 7.7% (16/209) 8.3% (17/204) 7.8% (4/51) 7.4% (4/54)
 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.5% (1/199) 0.0% (0/214) 0.0% (0/209) 0.0% (0/204) 0.0% (0/51) 3.7% (2/54)
 White 93.0% (185/199) 91.1% (195/214) 90.4% (189/209) 91.2% (186/204) 90.2% (46/51) 88.9% (48/54)
Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)
 Mean±SD (N) 145.20±21.92 (199) 145.03±21.66 (210) 154.93±23.34 (209) 157.29±23.55 (203) 147.11±23.40 (49) 145.25±19.03 (54)
 Range (Min,Max) (98.00,207.00) (105.33,218.67) (90.00,227.33) (93.33,219.33) (109.00,217.33) (99.33,200.00)
 Median (IQ Range) 144.00 (128.67 – 160.67) 143.17 (129.33 – 157.67) 154.67 (138.67 – 169.67) 155.33 (140.00 – 171.33) 150.00 (126.00 – 161.00) 146.00 (130.67 – 153.33)
Total Cholesterol
 Mean±SD (N) 164.65±42.93 (199) 162.79±41.34 (213) 163.63±41.65 (208) 162.09±44.18 (202) 163.04±55.21 (27) 158.54±30.19 (35)
 Range (Min,Max) (74.00,366.00) (86.00,302.00) (77.00,298.00) (78.00,406.00) (100.00,326.00) (100.00,233.00)
 Median (IQ Range) 158.00 (135.00 – 184.00) 155.00 (132.00 – 182.00) 158.50 (135.50 – 189.00) 155.00 (131.00 – 183.00) 160.00 (123.00 – 200.00) 156.00 (142.00 – 176.00)
HDL
 Mean±SD (N) 43.38±13.45 (197) 45.67±14.01 (214) 42.93±14.39 (208) 42.66±12.64 (202) 40.81±12.03 (27) 42.80±13.24 (35)
 Range (Min,Max) (19.00,93.00) (19.00,99.00) (15.00,94.00) (10.00,89.00) (22.00,72.00) (24.00,76.00)
 Median (IQ Range) 42.00 (33.00 – 49.00) 44.00 (36.00 – 54.00) 40.00 (33.00 – 49.00) 41.00 (34.00 – 50.00) 39.00 (31.00 – 46.00) 39.00 (33.00 – 50.00)
Statin usage 83.9% (167/199) 89.3% (191/214) 83.7% (175/209) 85.3% (174/204) 78.4% (40/51) 83.3% (45/54)
BMI
 Mean±SD (N) 28.14±4.80 (199) 28.21±6.04 (212) 28.22±5.36 (209) 29.10±5.51 (202) 28.61±6.61 (50) 28.75±4.93 (54)
 Range (Min,Max) (15.34,46.45) (16.14,61.90) (17.73,52.73) (16.56,46.62) (18.80,48.59) (18.04,45.72)
 Median (IQ Range) 27.53 (25.08 – 31.36) 27.21 (24.80 – 30.57) 27.25 (24.42 – 31.64) 28.71 (25.59 – 32.58) 27.71 (24.55 – 30.66) 28.25 (25.53 – 31.07)
Diabetes 25.6% (51/199) 27.1% (58/214) 41.3% (86/208) 43.1% (88/204) 22.0% (11/50) 29.6% (16/54)
Cigarette Smoking in the past year 28.4% (56/197) 37.4% (80/214) 27.1% (56/207) 25.7% (52/202) 30.0% (15/50) 35.8% (19/53)
Prior MI 25.4% (50/197) 30.5% (65/213) 28.2% (58/206) 29.1% (58/199) 24.0% (12/50) 32.7% (17/52)
Prior heart failure 10.1% (20/199) 8.9% (19/213) 14.4% (30/209) 19.6% (40/204) 10.0% (5/50) 22.6% (12/53)
Albumin Creatinine ratio
 Mean±SD (N) 10.65±5.23 (199) 10.34±5.40 (214) 454.42±1052.67 (209) 369.66±842.40 (204) N/A N/A
 Range (Min,Max) (1.47,22.22) (2.21,22.31) (22.92,7812.50) (22.68,5671.43)
 Median (IQ Range) 9.68 (6.45 – 14.81) 8.92 (5.66 – 14.52) 92.48 (43.15 – 282.95) 75.60 (35.73 – 213.12)
Core lab percent stenosis
 Mean±SD (N) 68.52±11.65 (186) 67.69±12.52 (130) 69.47±11.31 (200) 68.60±11.09 (138) 69.14±10.13 (47) 66.79±12.31 (36)
 Range (Min,Max) (20.80,95.41) (38.05,92.00) (34.33,100.00) (41.30,100.00) (46.26,91.21) (42.90,90.45)
 Median (IQ Range) 68.32 (59.89 – 76.55) 67.50 (57.23 – 77.90) 68.92 (61.09 – 78.14) 67.37 (60.38 – 76.31) 68.92 (60.46 – 74.77) 67.05 (57.86 – 77.67)
Global Ischemia 22.5% (43/191) 14.1% (19/135) 18.5% (38/205) 16.9% (24/142) 16.3% (8/49) 21.1% (8/38)
eGFR
 Mean±SD (N) 61.15±22.16 (199) 62.18±20.89 (214) 55.27±23.94 (208) 52.10±21.50 (202) 56.50±26.02 (29) 59.04±20.94 (38)
 Range (Min,Max) (18.09,132.60) (20.81,129.91) (15.97,133.59) (15.15,129.83) (25.59,148.74) (21.59,120.94)
 Median (IQ Range) 60.00 (42.63 – 75.91) 60.46 (45.67 – 75.68) 49.81 (38.52 – 68.56) 48.51 (34.85 – 65.33) 53.13 (40.39 – 63.48) 55.52 (46.23 – 71.41)

Median of albumin/creatinine ratio among all available follow-up is 22.5.