Table 2.
Microcirculatory parameters | Baseline | After grape juice intake |
Functional capillary density (n/mm2) | 10.7±2.3 | 14.9±2.7 * |
Afferent diameter (µm) | 17.6±2.9 | 17.9±2.0 |
Apical diameter (µm) | 23.7± 4.1 | 23.7±1.4 |
Efferent diameter (µm) | 19.8±4.7 | 20.9±3.3 |
RBCV (mm/s) | 0.3±0.05 | 0.3±0.01 |
RBCVmax (mm/s) | 0.3±0.02 | 0.4±0.01* |
TRBCV max (mm/s) | 5.9±2.8 | 4.0±1.1 * |
* p≤0.05 by paired t-test. FCD: functional capillary density; RBCV: red blood cell flux velocity at rest; RBCVmax: red blood cell flux velocity after 1-min arterial occlusion; TRBCVmax: time required to reach peak red blood cell velocity.