Baseline clinical and pathological data of the artery wall in kidney transplant candidates according to VCAM-1 protein level tertiles.

Abbreviations: c-IMT, carotid intima-media thickness; CKD, chronic kidney disease; ACEI/ARA, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin receptor antagonist; IEA, inferior epigastric artery.
aP<0.0001 vs. T2 and T1;
bP<0.0001 vs. T1 and T3;
cP = 0.001 vs. T1;
dP = 0.010 vs. T3;
eP = 0.042 vs. T2;
fP = 0.054 vs. T1;
gP = 0.016 vs. T1;
hP<0.0001 vs. T1;
iP = 0.002 vs. T3.
Baseline clinical and pathological data of the artery wall in kidney transplant candidates according to VCAM-1 protein level tertiles.