Is Race a Risk Factor for the Development of Renal Artery Stenosis?

Table 1

Clinical characteristics in patients of Caucasian and non-Caucasian race.

	Caucasian race (N = 193)	Non-Caucasian race (N = 130)	P-value
Age (years)	70	66	.02
Gender, female	27.86 (90)	24.77 (80)	.07
Hypertension	100 (193)	100 (130)	.97
Diabetes mellitus	25.39 (82)	20.42 (66)	.20
Hyperlipidemia	54.18 (175)	33.13 (107)	.7
Peripheral vascular disease	31.37 (101)	18.01 (58)	.19
Congestive heart failure	9.38 (30)	6.88 (22)	.71
Cerebrovascular accident	12.69 (41)	9.60 (31)	.58
Smoking	21.36 (69)	10.22 (33)	.05
Serum creatinine (mg/dl ± SD)	1.6±0.3	1.7±0.2	.28
Renal artery stenosis	75 (48)	25 (16)	.005