. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 23.

Published in final edited form as: Microcirculation. 2009 Apr;16(3):203–212. doi: 10.1080/10739680802502423

Table 3.

Skeletal muscle capillary density (CD) and capillary-to-fiber perimeter exchange index (CFPE) in chronic stroke subjects and controls with normal (NGT) and impaired (IGT) glucose tolerance

	Stroke subjects (n = 12)		Controls

	Hemiparetic	Nonparetic	IGT (n = 12)	NGT (n = 12)
Overall CD (cap/mm²)	207 ± 12^§^,^‡	252 ± 22	242 ± 10^†	295 ± 11
Type I	203 ± 18^*^,^‡	229 ± 23^†	241 ± 10^†	302 ± 12
Type IIa	216 ± 18^*^,^‡	283 ± 21^‖	232 ± 31^†	276 ± 41
Type IIx	212 ± 20^*^,^†	302 ± 34	273 ± 21	290 ± 29
Overall CFPE (cap/mm)	3.45 ± 0.17^§^,^‖^,^‡	4.50 ± 0.22^†	4.29 ± 0.14^‡	5.05 ± 0.15
Type I	3.69 ± 0.17^§^,^‖^,^‡	4.58 ± 0.20^†	4.63 ± 0.15^‡	5.34 ± 0.19
Type IIa	3.42 ± 0.17^§^,^‖^,^‡	4.49 ± 0.27	3.97 ± 0.16^‡	4.71 ± 0.16
Type IIx	3.07 ± 0.18^*^,^‖^,^†	4.06 ± 0.36	3.57 ± 0.26	4.08 ± 0.13

Data are presented as mean±SEM.

^*,§

Significant difference, compared to nonparetic leg muscle (*P <0.05, ^§P <0.001);

^‖

significant difference, compared to IGT control muscle (P <0.05);

^†,‡

significant difference, compared to NGT control muscle (^†P <0.05, ^‡P <0.01).