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Table 5 Histology data

From: The effect of renal denervation in an experimental model of chronic renal insufficiency, The REmnant kidney Denervation In Pigs study (REDIP study)

Group

Control group median [25th–75th percentile]

Denervated group median [25th–75th percentile]

p

Arterial wall (histologic vascular injury grading scale, 0–5)

 Intima

1.50 [1.00–1.50]

3.00* [2.00–3.75]

0.0337

 Lamina elastica interna

1.00 [1.00–1.00]

1.50* [1.00–2.12]

0.0464

 Media

0.0 [0.0–0.5]

2.5* [2.0–3.0]

0.0106

 Lamina elastica externa

0.00 [0.00–0.50]

2.50* [2.00–2.62]

0.0047

 Adventitia

0.0 [0.0–0.5]

2.5* [2.4–2.6]

0.0029

Kidney scarring (ratio of damaged surface (or scar) to overall surface of the kidney (%)

25 [24–87]

45 [35–62]

0.4228

  1. * p < 0.05 vs. control group