Serum Elabela expression is decreased in hypertensive patients and could be associated with the progression of hypertensive renal damage

Table 2 Correlation between Elabela and study variables

	R/Rs	P
Age	− 0.10	0.38
BMI (kg/m²)	− 0.28	0.02
SBP	− 0.64	< 0.01
DBP	− 0.58	< 0.01
Uric acid	− 0.39	< 0.01
BUN	− 0.53	< 0.01
Scr	− 0.53	< 0.01
eGFR	0.54	< 0.01
Histopathological
TAIF	− 0.15	0.30
Intimal fibrosis	− 0.24	0.10
Myointimal cell proliferation	− 0.26	0.07

SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, BUN blood urine nitrogen, Scr serum creatinine, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, TAIF tubular atrophy/interstitial fibrosis

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