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Table 3 Blood pressure, kidney function and catecholamines

From: Renal sympathetic nerve activity after catheter-based renal denervation

 

PRE-RDN

POST-RDN

p value

Parameters

Blood pressure

 Office based systolic (mmHg)

172.0 [162.0–185.0]

153.0 [140.0–178.0]

0.036

 Office based diastolic (mmHg)

97 [90.5–112.5]

90.0 [81.5–100.5]

0.531

 ABPM daytime systolic (mmHg)

166.0 [157.0–179.5]

165.0 [141.5–186.0]

0.578

 ABPM daytime diastolic (mmHg)

98.0 [87.0–108.0]

93.0 [83.0–99.5]

0.409

 ABPM night time systolic (mmHg)

151.0 [133.5–158.5]

145.0 [125.0–165.5]

0.490

 ABPM night time diastolic (mmHg)

84.0 [75.5–90.0]

80.0 [71.0–91.5]

0.640

 ABPM average systolic (mmHg)

160.0 [150.5–173.0]

157.0 [138.5–174.0]

0.602

 ABPM average diastolic (mmHg)

93.0 [83.5–100.5]

92.0 [80.0–94.5]

0.369

Antihypertensive drugs

 Number of antihypertensive drugs

4.6 ± 1.3

4.4 ± 1.4

0.157

 3 classes, n (%)

5 (23.8)

7 (33.3)

 

 4 or more classes, n (%)

16 (76.2)

14 (66.7)

 

Kidney function

 Creatinine serum (μmol/L)

94.0 [76.5–107.5]

89.0[73.5–113.5]

0.369

 eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2)

60.7[48.5–101.9]

64.6 [48.0–99.9]

0.218

 Proteinuria (g/L/24 h)

0.10 [0.07–0.20]

0.11 [0.07–0.26]

0.722

 Sodium urine (mmol/24 h)

161 [102–203]

128 [90–161]

0.230

(Neuro) endocrine activity

 Plasma renin activity (μg/A1/L/h)

1.70 [0.95–3.20]

1.0 [0.60–1.68]

0.409

 Epinephrine supine, plasma (nmol/L)

0.12 [0.05–0.23]

0.10 [0.05–0.17]

0.780

 Norepinephrine supine, plasma (nmol/L)

2.43 [1.32–3.78]

2.76 [1.49–4.02]

0.324

 Epinephrine urine (nmol/24 h)

27.5 [14.5–33.8]

26.0 [18.0–38.0]

0.551

 Norepinephrine urine (nmol/24 h)

268.5 [137.5–495.0]

308.5 [237.5–479.3]

0.245

 Metanephrine urine (nmol/24 h)

0.78 [0.49–1.05]

0.68 [0.50–1.02]

0.506

 Normetanephrine urine (nmol/24 h)

2.13 [1.73–3.37]

2.53 [1.74–3.02]

0.911