Table 3 Correlation analysis of blood pressure and renal/cardiac parameters in 12-month-old offspring.

From: Prenatal hypoxia leads to hypertension, renal renin-angiotensin system activation and exacerbates salt-induced pathology in a sex-specific manner

 

Renal renin content

Albumin

Glomerular area

Renal interstitial fibrosis

Cardiac interstitial fibrosis

Males

Systolic blood pressure

No correlation

No correlation

No correlation

No correlation

No correlation

Diastolic blood pressure

r2 = 0.60; P = 0.008

r2 = 0.63; P = 0.004

r2 = 0.73; P = 0.002

r2 = 0.80; P = 0.0005

No correlation

Mean arterial pressure

r2 = 0.40; P = 0.04

r2 = 0.60; P = 0.003

r2 = 0.65; P = 0.003

r2 = 0.59; P = 0.006

No correlation

Females

Systolic blood pressure

r2 = 0.59; P = 0.004

No correlation

No correlation

No correlation

r2 = 0.86; P = 0.01

Diastolic blood pressure

r2 = 0.32; P = 0.07

No correlation

No correlation

No correlation

r2 = 0.66; P = 0.01

Mean arterial pressure

r2 = 0.59; P = 0.01

r2 = 0.42; P = 0.03

No correlation

No correlation

r2 = 0.57; P = 0.03