Table 4.

Maximal and baseline skin blood flow in 3 subgroups

	NC Women	Women Using OCP	Men
	(n = 9)	(n = 9)	(n = 18)
Maximal blood flow, flux/mmHg	2.44 ± 0.55	2.91 ± 0.75	2.42 ± 0.85
Baseline blood flow, %CVCmax	11 ± 6	12 ± 3	17 ± 7

Data are represented as means ± SD. Maximal blood flow was analyzed with a Kruskal–Wallis test, and baseline blood flow was analyzed with one-way ANOVA. Statistical significance was set at 0.05. %CVC_max, percent of maximal cutaneous vascular conductance; NC, naturally cycling; OCP, oral contraceptive pill.