Table 3.

Comparison of SWV values between the Alb+ and Alb- subgroups.

Measurement site	Alb+ (n=22)	Alb- (n=18)	P value
Right kidney (m/s)*
Average	2.00 (1.75-2.28)	1.83 (1.71-2.06)	0.32†
Upper pole	2.04 (1.68-2.40)	1.82 (1.50-2.05)	0.04§
Mid portion	1.98 (1.58-2.21)	1.98 (1.77-2.24)	0.94†
Lower pole	1.84 (1.61-2.32)	2.05 (1.62-2.51)	0.37†
Left kidney (m/s)*
Average	1.99 (1.69-2.24)	1.76 (1.55-2.10)	0.13†
Upper pole	2.02 (1.46-2.43)	1.83 (1.63-2.11)	0.35§
Mid portion	1.96 (1.64-2.23)	1.54 (1.35-2.00)	0.03†
Lower pole	1.96 (1.70-2.34)	1.77 (1.50-1.98)	0.11†

Footnote: SWV: Shear wave velocity, Alb: Albuminuria

* The values are medians along with 25th and 75th percentiles within parantheses

^† Calculated using Mann-Whitney-U test since the distributions of data were not normal

^§ Calculated using unpaired T test since the data distributions were normal