Research Article

Association between Quantitative Classification of Renal Surface Nodularity and Early Renal Injury in Patients with Arterial Hypertension

Table 1

Clinical characteristics and quantitative classification of renal surface nodularity in patients with arterial hypertension.

IndexEarly renal injury group (n = 60)Control group (n = 83)t, Z, χ2 values values

Age48.100 ± 9.15248.060 ± 8.069−0.3890.697

Sex, male47 (78.3)58 (69.9)1.2760.259

Hypertension grade3.603<0.001
Grade 136 (60.0)61 (73.5)
Grade 28 (13.3)20 (24.1)
Grade 316 (26.7)2 (2.4)

Hypertension course5.5850.061
0–9 years41 (68.3)66 (79.5)
10–19 years9 (15.0)13 (15.7)
≥20 years10 (16.7)4 (4.8)

TC (mmol/L)4.540 ± 1.0124.480 ± 1.079−0.3140.754ǂ
TG (mmol/L)2.031 ± 1.0222.005 ± 1.745−1.7610.078
LDL (mmol/L)2.654 ± 0.8742.519 ± 0.816−0.8940.373ǂ
qRSN2.080 ± 0.2711.885 ± 0.270−3.862<0.001

Note: all data are the mean ± standard deviation or frequencies (%). χ2 test; Wilcoxon rank-sum test; ǂtwo independent sample t tests. LDL, low-density lipoprotein. TC, total cholesterol. TG, triglycerides. qRSN, quantitative classification of renal surface nodularity. A two-sided was considered statistically significant.