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. 2023 Mar 14;18(5):1065–1075. doi: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2023.03.004

Table 2.

Changes in central vascular endothelial function and executive function within conditions.

Variable Intervention [expressed as mean difference (standard error)] Δ
SIT
LIT
MIT
T0 − T2 T2 − T4 T0 − T4 T0 − T2 T2 − T4 T0 − T4 T0 − T2 T2 − T4 T0 − T4
Central vascular function
Carotid artery diameter (cm) 0.03 (0.03) −0.00 (0.03) 0.03 (0.03) 0.02 (0.03) 0.00 (0.03) 0.02 (0.03) −0.02 (0.03) 0.00 (0.03) −0.01 (0.03)
Carotid artery velocity (cm/s) −3.22 (5.64) −1.63 (5.73) −4.85 (5.73) −2.84 (5.64) −7.32 (5.73) −5.54 (5.56) 8.71 (5.64) 1.65 (5.64) 10.35 (5.64)
Carotid artery shear rate (/s) −134.50 (112.90) −1.32 (114.65) −135.82 (114.65) −66.73 (112.90) −41.20 (111.32) −107.93 (111.32) 159.48 (112.90) 14.91 (112.90) 174.39 (112.90)
Carotid artery blood flow (ml/min) 169.24 (204.86) −48.45 (208.04) 120.79 (208.04) 43.25 (204.86) −21.38 (202.00) 21.88 (202.00) 25.55 (204.86) 36.76 (204.86) 62.31 (204.86)
SFA diameter (cm) 0.00 (0.04) 0.01 (0.04) 0.01 (0.04) 0.02 (0.04) 0.01 (0.04) 0.03 (0.04) −0.06 (0.04) 0.05 (0.04) −0.09 (0.04)
SFA velocity (cm/s) 33.29 (17.85) −1.86 (18.12) 31.44 (18.12) −2.02 (17.85) −0.14 (17.60) −2.16 (17.85) 2.95 (17.85) −0.86 (17.85) 2.09 (17.85)
SFA shear rate (/s) 382.66 (209.78) −36.34 (213.04) 397.01 (206.85) −52.94 (209.74) −10.75 (206.85) −63.68 (206.85) 112.84 (209.78) 10.57 (209.78) 123.41 (209.78)
SFA blood flow (ml/min) 725.12 (442.90) 5.84 (449.77) 730.95 (449.77) 66.38 (442.90) 32.53 (436.71) 98.91 (436.71) −223.09 (442.90) −142.22 (442.90) −365.32 (442.90)
Executive function
Reaction time (ms) 111.14 (45.66)∗∗ −30.70 (46.37) 80.44 (46.37)∗ 28.11 (45.66) 22.89 (45.02) 50.99 (45.02)∗ 29.83 (45.66) 24.31 (45.66) 54.14 (45.66)∗
Accuracy (%) 7.37 (4.97)∗ 4.39 (5.05) 11.77 (5.05)∗ 5.42 (4.97) 3.14 (4.90) 8.57 (4.90)∗ 0.25 (4.97) −2.93 (4.97)∗ −2.67 (4.97)

Abbreviations: LIT = sitting interrupted by light intensity activity, MIT = sitting interrupted by moderate intensity activity, SIT = uninterrupted sitting, T0 − T2 = difference in variables between baseline and the 2nd hour, T2 − T4 = difference in variables between the 2nd hour and 4th hour, T0 − T4 = difference in variables between baseline and the 4th hour, ‘−’ indicates the decrease with respect to earlier measurements, ‘+’ indicates the increase with respect to earlier measurements, Δ = mean change in the values calculated from analysis of variance, ∗p < 0.05, ∗∗p < 0.01.