Table 1 Patient characteristics.

From: Morphometric analysis of the human common hepatic artery reveals a rich and accessible target for sympathetic liver denervation

 

All (n = 20)

Diabetic (n = 11)

Nondiabetic (n = 9)

P value

Age, years

65

66

65

0.8682

Height, inches

67.2

68.5

65.7

0.4074

Sex (male/female)

10/10

6/5

4/5

ns

Race (White/African American)

19/1

10/1

9/0

ns

Overweight (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2) (yes/no)

12/8

7/4

5/4

ns

Diabetes (yes/no)

11/9

11/0

0/9

–

Hypertension (yes/no)

8/12

4/7

4/5

ns

CKD

18/2

10/1

8/1

ns

  1. Values are means or n. Categorical data were analyzed by using Fisher’s exact test (ns denotes P > 0.05). BMI body mass index, CKD chronic kidney disease.
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