Table 1.

Lumen diameter, effective distending pressure and wall tension under basal conditions

	Lumen diameter (µm)	Basal distending pressure (mN·mm−2)	Basal wall tension (mN·mm−1)
Two weeks control (n= 14)	809 (731–872)	10.6 ± 0.1	4.3 ± 0.1
Two weeks denervated (n= 14)	740 (704–764)	10.4 ± 0.1	3.8 ± 0.1
P	<0.05*	0.24	<0.05*
Seven weeks control (n= 12)	827 ± 18	10.4 ± 0.1	4.4 ± 0.1
Seven weeks denervated (n= 12)	765 ± 24	10.1 ± 0.1	3.9 ± 0.1
P	<0.001*	0.28	<0.001*

The lumen diameters for 2 weeks control and 2 weeks denervated arteries are present as median and interquartile range (in parentheses). All other data are presented as means ± standard errors. P values for comparisons between control and denervated arteries were derived using either unpaired t-tests or Mann–Whitney U-tests, and

^*indicates significant differences.