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

Table 4

Association between adventitial VV and clinical dichotomous variables in CKD patients.

	Right VV				Left VV
	CKD 3-4		CKD 5D		CKD 3-4		CKD 5D
	Median [IQR]	value	Median [IQR]	value	Median [IQR]	value	Median [IQR]	value
Sex
Man	0.69	0.586	0.65	0.645	0.60	0.275	0.52	0.708
Woman	0.68		0.61		0.56		0.55
Diabetes
No	0.65	0.397	0.56	0.038	0.59	0.881	0.52	0.604
Yes	0.73		0.70		0.57		0.57
Hypertension
No	0.86	0.188	0.66	0.534	0.69	0.661	0.50	0.604
Yes	0.67		0.59		0.58		0.54
Dyslipidemia
No	0.66	0.921	0.57	0.698	0.65	0.155	0.55	0.860
Yes	0.70		0.63		0.57		0.50
Smoking status
Nonsmoker	0.70	0.062	0.63	0.460	0.56	0.068	0.55	0.450
Former smoker	0.53		0.70		0.68		0.53
Smoker	0.79		0.56		0.64		0.47

Differences in the right or the left adventitial VV distribution depending on sex, diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and smoking in nondialysis and dialysis patients.