Table 3 Correlation coefficients for cardiovascular risk factors (cIMT and SBP) with renal parameters in the study subjects as a whole and in subgroups thereof according to BMI (lean, overweight and obese).
From: Renal size and cardiovascular risk in prepubertal children
All children (n = 515) | Lean (BMI-SDS <1) (n = 176) | Overweight (1< BMI-SDS <2) (n = 208) | Obese (BMI-SDS >2) (n = 131) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
cIMT | r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p |
Renal length | 0.408 | <0.0001 | 0.336 | <0.0001 | 0.353 | 0.001 | 0.291 | 0.001 |
Renal volume | 0.311 | <0.0001 | 0.152 | 0.04 | 0.214 | 0.002 | 0.268 | 0.002 |
SBP | r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p |
Renal length | 0.458 | <0.0001 | 0.293 | <0.0001 | 0.287 | <0.0001 | 0.468 | <0.0001 |
Renal volume | 0.450 | <0.0001 | 0.301 | <0.0001 | 0.274 | <0.0001 | 0.459 | <0.0001 |
