Table 2

Effect of kidney Measures and Parental History of Balkan Endemic Nephropathy on Blood Pressure in Adult Offspring


Diastolic blood pressure
 Systolic blood pressure
 Pulse pressure


Parameter estimate# (mm Hg)
 p-value
 Parameter estimate# (mm Hg)
 p-value
 Parameter estimate# (mm Hg)
 p-value
Minimal width of the kidney cortex
 (mm)
 -0.6
 0.07
 -1.5
 0.005
 -1.1
 0.002
Kidney length
 (mm)
 0.1
 0.29
 0.2
 0.42
 0.0
 0.80
Parental history of BEN
 Mother
 2.0
 0.25
 6.7
 0.03
 4.3
 0.02

Father
 1.9
 0.33
 3.2
 0.35
 1.5
 0.48

Both
 3.3
 0.06
 9.9
 0.002
 6.3
 0.001

# Adjusted for sex, age, body surface area, diabetes, parental history of hypertension (mother, father, both, none), smoking (current, ex-smoker, never), and lead blood concentration.

Dimitrov et al. BMC Nephrology 2006 7:12   doi:10.1186/1471-2369-7-12