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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Vasc Surg. 2010 Mar;51(3):610–615. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.09.059

Table V.

Small artery elasticity index (SAEI) of peripheral arterial disease patients with intermittent claudication. Values are means (SE) adjusted for age, abdominal obesity, and elevated blood pressure.

Ethnicity Male Female Ethnic Means P Value
Caucasian 4.6(0.3) 3.5 (0.3) 4.1 (0.2) G = 0.0442
African-American 3.0 (0.4) 2.6 (0.3) 2.8 (0.3) E = 0.0007
Gender Means 3.8 (0.2) 3.1 (0.2) 3.4 GxE = 0.2716

G = gender effect, E = ethnicity effect, GxE = gender by ethnicity interaction.