Observational study of the effects of age, diabetes mellitus, cirrhosis and chronic kidney disease on sublingual microvascular flow

Table 2 SDF microvascular flow parameters for all participants

	Age <25 years	Age >55 years	Diabetes mellitus	Cirrhosis	Chronic kidney disease	Pvalue
MFI	2.85 (2.75–3.0)	2.81 (2.66–2.97)	2.88 (2.75–3.0)	3.0 (2.83–3.0)	3.0 (2.78–3.0)	0.14
PPV	0.92 (0.06)	0.88 (0.09)	0.92 (0.07)	0.89 (0.08)	0.91 (0.05)	0.46
PVD	8.04 (1.49)	8.02 (0.96)	9.17 (1.70)	8.51 (1.43)	8.38 (1.36)	0.08

PPV in %, PVD in mm^-1. Data presented as mean (SD) or median (IQR). n = 20 for all groups except cirrhosis where n = 18. MFI, microvascular flow index; PPV, proportion of perfused vessels; PVD, perfused vessel density.

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