Plasma and Urinary Levels of Nerve Growth Factor Are Elevated in Primary Hypertension

Table 2

Plasma and urinary levels of the nerve growth factor and those of catecholamines in the hypertensive group and the normotensive group.

Variables	Normotensive group	Hypertensive group	value
Plasma nerve growth factor (pg/mL)	168 ± 188	311 ± 158
Log [plasma nerve growth factor] (pg/mL)	4.37 ± 1.42	5.56 ± 0.75	<0.001
Urinary nerve growth factor (ng/g of Cr)	54.5 ± 38.8	72.7 ± 54.0
Log [urinary nerve growth factor] (ng/g of Cr)	3.74 ± 0.76	4.06 ± 0.67	0.006
Plasma noradrenaline (pg/mL)	228 ± 114	242 ± 93
Log [plasma noradrenaline] (pg/mL)	5.31 ± 0.51	5.42 ± 0.39	0.138
Urinary noradrenaline (μg/g of Cr)	102 ± 70	125 ± 72
Log [urinary noradrenaline] (μg/g of Cr)	4.47 ± 0.54	4.69 ± 0.52	0.007
Plasma adrenaline (pg/mL)	23 ± 22	32 ± 30
Log [plasma adrenaline] (pg/mL)	2.94 ± 0.59	3.20 ± 0.74	0.022
Urinary adrenaline (μg/g of Cr)	11 ± 7	15 ± 9
Log [urinary adrenaline] (μg/g of Cr)	2.19 ± 0.66	2.49 ± 0.63	0.004

Values are mean ± SD. Comparisons between groups were made by Student’s t test.