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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 17.
Published in final edited form as: Ther Adv Cardiovasc Dis. 2008 Apr;2(2):79–88. doi: 10.1177/1753944708089696

Table 3.

Spearman correlation coefficients between blood pressure, capillary measures, and vascular measures.

Blood pressure
 Endothelial function Microvascular structure
SBP DBP FBFmax/FBFbase FVRmax
Blood pressure SBP 0.643
(p < 0.001)		 −0.301
(p < 0.001)		 0.344
(p < 0.001)
DBP 0.643
(p < 0.001)		 −0.221
(p = 0.007)		 0.270
(p < 0.001)
Capillary densities Baseline −0.066
(p = 0.420)		 −0.135
(p = 0.100)		 0.034
(p = 0.680)		 0.0026
(p = 0.975)
Postocclusive reactive hyperemia −0.146
(p = 0.075)		 −0.156
(p = 0.057)		 0.101
(p = 0.217)		 −0.152
(p = 0.063)
Venous occlusion (maximal) −0.022
(p = 0.786)		 −0.025
(p = 0.765)		 0.034
(p = 0.677)		 −0.029
(p = 0.721)
%Capillary recruitment −0.245
(p = 0.003)		 −0.080
(p = 0.329)		 0.449
(p < 0.001)		 −0.440
(p < 0.001)
% Perfused capillaries −0.459
(p < 0.001)		 −0.300
(p < 0.001)		 0.395
(p < 0.001)		 −0.398
(p < 0.001)