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Table 1 In a study of 54 patients evaluated for renal artery stenosis by BOLD MRI before and after furosemide administration, only race and total daily dose of lasix were independent predictors of changes in renal oxygenation.

From: Chronic furosemide administration blunts renal BOLD magnetic resonance response to an acute furosemide stimulus in patients being evaluated for renal artery revascularization

Effect

 

Estimate

Standard Error

p-value

Intercept

 

4.8

2.1

0.57

Region

Cortex

-4.3

2.2

0.063

Kidney

Left

0.68

2.7

0.81

Gender

Men

-2.0

2.9

0.95

Race

AA

7.2

3.21

0.038

Age (years)

 

0.067

0.23

0.77

GFR (ml/min/ 1.73m2)

 

-0.014

0.062

0.83

Stenosis (%)

 

-0.087

0.062

0.076

BMI (kg/m2)

 

0.060

0.23

0.80

Lasix dose (mg/day)

 

-0.087

0.03

0.011