Table 2.
Measures Blood Flow Demonstrating Statistically Significant Differences
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Control (N = 13)* |
LE (N = 11)* |
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| Parameter | Overall Test | Effect Size | Dominant | Nondominant | Unaffected | Affected |
| BF (ml/min) | P < 0.001 | 0.254 | 109.05 ± 15.26 | 85.73 ± 14.24 | 146.59 ± 24.98 | 188.13 ± 24.56 |
| (81.36–141.22) | (62.01–117.64) | (105.40–203.25) | (139.02–235.66) | |||
| C-Ohm | P = 0.005 | 0.190 | 0.24 ± 0.03 | 0.27 ± 0.04 | 0.20 ± 0.02 | 0.14 ± 0.02 |
| (0.18–0.31) | (0.21–0.36) | (0.16–0.23) | (0.10–0.17) | |||
| TRATIO % | P = 0.014 | 0.180 | 0.79 ± 0.10 | 0.70 ± 0.08 | 0.98 ± 0.17 | 1.34 ± 0.23 |
| (0.62–1.00) | (0.56–0.87) | (0.71–1.38) | (0.89–1.78) | |||
| TOUT-Sec | P = 0.007 | 0.173 | 0.57 ± 0.04 | 0.59 ± 0.04 | 0.48 ± 0.04 | 0.42 ± 0.04 |
| (0.49–0.66) | (0.51–0.67) | (0.41–0.57) | (0.34–0.52) | |||
| VOI % SEC | P = 0.053 | 0.148 | 0.26 ± 0.03 | 0.22 ± 0.04 | 0.30 ± 0.03 | 0.35 ± 0.03 |
| (0.20–0.32) | (0.14–0.29) | (0.25–0.35) | (0.30–0.40) | |||
| AVE R-Ohm | P = 0.006 | 0.124 | 236.88 ± 9.09 | 244.64 ± 9.27 | 234.28 ± 10.53 | 207.36 ± 13.76 |
| (218.43–253.04) | (225.52–261.16) | (214.43–254.81) | (178.27–233.77) | |||
| DCI-% Ohm | P = 0.038 | 0.122 | 0.77 ± 0.03 | 0.84 ± 0.03 | 0.76 ± 0.05 | 0.70 ± 0.05 |
| (0.72–0.83) | (0.78–0.90) | (0.67–0.85) | (0.62–0.79) | |||
| LI-DEG | P = 0.069 | 0.121 | 41.67 ± 2.63 | 42.39 ± 2.12 | 39.13 ± 2.82 | 33.58 ± 3.09 |
| (36.64–46.65) | (38.34–46.52) | (33.79–44.61) | (26.83–39.05) | |||
| DSI-% Ohm | P = 0.049 | 0.121 | 0.80 ± 0.07 | 0.93 ± 0.09 | 0.77 ± 0.09 | 0.61 ± 0.08 |
| (0.65–0.94) | (0.75–1.11) | (0.60–0.97) | (0.46–0.77) | |||
| VE-L | P < 0.001 | 0.112 | 1.15 ± 0.11 | 1.11 ± 0.11 | 1.22 ± 0.10 | 1.48 ± 0.14 |
| (0.99–1.41) | (0.95–1.38) | (1.05–1.45) | (1.29–1.83) | |||
| C Index | P = 0.050 | 0.090 | 91.92 ± 4.74 | 91.99 ± 5.58 | 95.39 ± 4.91 | 104.87 ± 3.63 |
| (81.70–99.70) | (79.55–101.20) | (86.26–104.89) | (97.93–112.10) | |||
| BFVE (BF/VE) | P = 0.001 | 0.088 | 103.29 ± 16.70 | 83.45 ± 13.53 | 118.91 ± 16.53 | 129.89 ± 16.82 |
| (73.22–139.63) | (60.06–112.70) | (90.03–154.34) | (93.95–160.21) | |||
| BFPct (BFVE/100) | P = 0.001 | 0.088 | 10.33 ± 1.79 | 8.35 ± 1.47 | 11.89 ± 1.64 | 12.99 ± 1.74 |
| (7.18–14.02) | (5.71–11.29) | (9.33–15.80) | (9.60–16.33) | |||
| B-Ohm | P = 0.050 | 0.086 | 0.25 ± 0.04 | 0.27 ± 0.04 | 0.21 ± 0.02 | 0.18 ± 0.02 |
| (0.17–0.34) | (0.20–0.34) | (0.17–0.26) | (0.13–0.22) | |||
| TIN-Sec | P = 0.051 | 0.056 | 0.40 ± 0.03 | 0.38 ± 0.03 | 0.41 ± 0.04 | 0.47 ± 0.05 |
| (0.34–0.47) | (0.32–0.43) | (0.34–0.51) | (0.38–0.57) | |||
| PDNPTT-Sec | P = 0.058 | 0.055 | 0.57 ± 0.03 | 0.54 ± 0.03 | 0.58 ± 0.05 | 0.64 ± 0.05 |
| (0.51–0.65) | (0.50–0.61) | (0.50–0.68) | (0.54–0.74) | |||
*
Numbers in cells are M ± SD (25th and 75th interquartile ranges representing the middle 50% of each sample). See Appendix for definition of terms.