Renal Tissue Oxygenation in Essential Hypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease

Table 1

Case control studies that have assessed renal oxygenation in diabetics.

Study	Patient	𝑁	Age (y)	eGFR; (mL/min/1.73 m²)	MRI; (Tesla)	Medullary 𝑅2^∗; (1/sec)	Cortical 𝑅2^∗; (1/sec)
Epstein et al. (2002) [30]	DM2	9	48 ± 3	119 ± 6	1.5	17 ± 0.5	13 ± 0.2
	Control	9	51 ± 2	133 ± 7	1.5	17 ± 0.8	13 ± 0.2
Yin et al. (2012) [31]	DM2	48	38–70	8–110	3	Higher	Higher
	Control	67	51 ± 14	n.m.	3	Lower	Lower
Wang et al. (2011) [32]	DM2	20	65 (49–77)	47 (14–71)	1.5	14 ± 2	11 ± 1
	Control	7	35 (30–45)	n.m.	1.5	19 ± 1	12 ± 1
Inoue et al. (2011) [33]	DM2	43	59 ± 11	44 ± 28	1.5	n.m.	74 ± 8^a
	Control	10	36	n.m.	1.5	59 ± 5	74 ± 5^a

^a𝑇2^∗ value instead of 𝑅2^∗ value reported; n.m.: not mentioned.