. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 13.

Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2009 Jul;41(7):1429–1435. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318199bef4

TABLE 2.

Vascular diameters and BAR at baseline and throughout the training program.

	Baseline (Pre)	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4 (Post)
Trained arm
Rest diameter (mm)	4.47 ± 0.16	4.48 ± 0.16	4.47 ± 0.16	4.47 ± 0.16	4.48 ± 0.16
Peak diameter (mm)	4.60 ± 0.16	4.62 ± 0.15	4.64 ± 0.15	4.64 ± 0.16	4.67 ± 0.16
BAR (relative) (%)	2.9 ± 0.43	3.5 ± 0.66	3.8^* ± 0.49	4.0^* ± 0.46	4.2^* ± 0.40
BAR (absolute) (%)	0.13 ± 0.02	0.14 ± 0.02	0.17^* ± 0.02	0.17^* ± 0.02	0.18^* ± 0.02
Time to peak dilation (s)	47 ± 2	44 ± 3	48 ± 2	47 ± 2	51 ± 2
Untrained arm
Rest diameter (mm)	4.64 ± 0.16	4.65 ± 0.16	4.67 ± 0.16	4.66 ± 0.15	4.66 ± 0.15
Peak diameter (mm)	4.78 ± 0.17	4.8 ± 0.16	4.8 ± 0.16	4.8 ± 0.16	4.79 ± 0.15
BAR (relative) (%)	3.1 ± 0.42	3.2 ± 0.48	2.6 ± 0.41	2.8 ± 0.36	2.8 ± 0.35
BAR (absolute) (%)	0.14 ± 0.02	0.15 ± 0.02	0.12 ± 0.02	0.13 ± 0.02	0.13 ± 0.02
Time to peak dilation (s)	48 ± 2	41 ± 1	46 ± 2	44 ± 2	45 ± 2

Values are means ± SE.

Significant versus baseline, P < 0.05.