Table 2.

Systemic and local responses to femoral infusion of propranolol

Variable	Young men	Older men
Mean blood pressure (mmHg)
Baseline	89 ± 3	90 ± 3
After	90 ± 2	91 ± 4
Heart rate (beats min−1)
Baseline	54 ± 3	53 ± 2
After	52 ± 3	51 ± 2
Femoral blood flow (ml min−1)
Baseline	348 ± 19	246 ± 27
After	346 ± 19	244 ± 25
Femoral vascular conductance (U)
Baseline	3.93 ± 0.19	2.74 ± 0.38
After	3.86 ± 0.20	2.75 ± 0.35
Femoral vascular resistance (U)
Baseline	0.26 ± 0.01	0.40 ± 0.05
After	0.26 ± 0.01	0.40 ± 0.05

Data are means ±s.e.m. All not significant compared with Baseline.