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. 2008 Sep 5;295(5):H1927–H1934. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00405.2008

Table 3.

Proportion of subjects in whom FMD and GTN responses were correctly identified using typical assessment methods from the literature

RA BA PA SFA FA All Arteries
FMD responses
    Traditional 60 s 0 0 5 0 0 1
    50–90 s 25 65 10 16 0 23
    0–90 s 50 65 15 16 0 29
    0–2 min 65 80 25 26 10 41
    0–3 min 90 100 60 58 25 67
    0–4 min 100 100 65 79 40 77
    0–5 min 100 100 100 95 75 94
    0–6 min 100 100 100 100 100 100
GTN responses
    0–4 min 5 0 10 5 10 6
    0–5 min 10 0 30 5 25 14
    0–6 min 15 10 35 11 25 19
    0–8 min 45 40 55 32 55 45
    0–11 min 100 100 100 100 100 100

Values are percentages representing the proportion of subjects (n = 20) in whom FMD and GTN responses were correctly identified using typical assessment methods from the literature.