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. 2009 Sep 1;587(Pt 23):5541–5549. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.178822

Figure 7. Plasma LDL-cholesterol, aging, endothelium-dependent dilation and habitual aerobic exercise.

Figure 7

Plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) (left) and brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD) (right) in young and older non-exercising (Non-Ex) and exercising (Ex) healthy men with either optimal/near optimal (filled bars) or borderline high (open bars) LDL-C; *P < 0.05 vs. optimal/near optimal group of same age and exercise status; values are mean ±s.e.m. Reprinted by permission from MacMillan Publishers Ltd from American Journal of Hypertension (Walker et al. 2009).