High Levels of Hemoglobin Promote Carotid Adventitial Vasa Vasorum Neoangiogenesis in Chronic Kidney Disease

Table 2

Carotid IMT and carotid adventitial VV values in control subjects and patients affected by chronic kidney disease.

		Control ()	CKD 3-4 ()	CKD 5D ()	LRT	(C versus CKD 3-4)	(C versus 5D)	(CKD 3-4 versus 5D)
A	Right cIMT	0.63 ± 0.11	0.71 ± 0.15	0.78 ± 0.14	<0.001 (0.006)	0.005 (0.248)	<0.001 (0.002)	0.028 (0.043)
	Left cIMT	0.66 ± 0.13	0.72 ± 0.15	0.79 ± 0.16	<0.001 (0.055)	0.030	<0.001	0.053
B	Right VV	0.59	0.69	0.62	0.011 (0.022)	0.003 (0.007)	0.227 (0.295)	0.147 (0.147)
	Left VV	0.56	0.58	0.53	0.606 (0.487)

Identified variables with normal distribution. Descriptive values are expressed as mean ± SD or median [IQR] depending on their normal distribution according to Shapiro-Wilks test. Adjusted values in multiple comparisons are not performed for variables with nonsignificant differences according to the overall test ( overall). The column “LRT ” refers to the likelihood ratio test value measuring the overall differences among groups by comparing the models with and without group identification. Box-Cox transformation of the dependent variable to get normally distributed residuals from the multivariate linear regression analysis. Age adjusted value in linear regression analysis.