Research Article

Assessment of Angiography-Based Renal Quantitative Flow Ratio Measurement in Patients with Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis

Table 2

The clinical data of responders and nonresponders.

VariableResponders ()Non-responders () value

Age (years)0.118
Body weight (kg)0.719
Body height (cm)0.141
Body mass index (kg/m2)0.383
Female gender, (%)9 (36.00)2 (16.67)0.279
DM, (%)9 (36.00)3 (25.00)0.711
Previous CAD, (%)6 (24.00)4 (33.33)0.696
Previous stroke, (%)2 (8.00)1 (8.33)>0.999
Smoking, (%)20 (80.00)7 (58.33)0.240
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)0.178
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)0.122
Heart rate (beats per minute)0.284
Creatininea0.265
Total cholesterol0.057
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol0.096
Direct renin concentrationa128.93 (98.22-192.86)87.17 (51.35-97.40)0.001
Related artery
 Left renal artery, (%)1960.146
 Right renal artery, (%)660.146
No. of antihypertensive medicationsb0.664
Application diuretics, (%)c4 (16.00)6 (50.00)0.049
QRAa76.00 (66.50-79.00)66.50 (61.00-69.75)0.002
rQFR<0.001

Abbreviations: DM: diabetes mellitus; CAD: coronary artery disease; QRA: quantitative renal angiography; rQFR: renal quantitative flow ratio. aComparison was made using the Mann–Whitney test, and these values are expressed as median with interquartile range (25th and 75th percentiles). bThe numbers of antihypertensive medications taken by responder and nonresponder at 90 days following discharged from the hospital. cThe application of diuretics in responder and nonresponder at 90 days following discharged from the hospital.