. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2018 Jan 10;12(2):149–152. doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2018.01.003

Table 1.

Systemic characteristics and renal function at 16 weeks.

Parameter	Lean	Obese
N(kidneys)	5(10)	5(10)
Body weight(Kg)	72.8±10.8	92.1 ±2.2^*
Mean blood pressure(mmHg)	100.4±10.7	126.7±7.8^*
Total cholesterol(mg/dl)	83.7±6.8	434.6±79.1^*
Total Renal Volume(cc)	137.8±18.6	222.2±20.8^*
Cortical Volume(cc)	108.1±17.9	181.2±22.9^*
Medullary Volume(cc)	29.6±2.5	41.0±4.2^*
Cortical Perfusion(ml/min/cc)	4.0±0.7	4.1 ±0.5
Medullary Perfusion(ml/min/cc)	2.9±0.9	2.6±1.5
RBF(ml/min)	495.2±50.3	746.9±65.3^*
MDCT-GFR(ml/min)	75.8±11.1	144.5±17.0^*

p≤0.05 vs. Lean.

RBF: renal blood flow, GFR: glomerular filtration rate, MDCT: Multi-detector computed-tomography