Table 2:

Gender Effect on Vascular Characteristics

	Stroke patients	Control subjects	P-value
No.	28	15
Age	60.7±12.8	65.7±11.4	0.19
FMD%	—5.1±7.8%	—2.5±6.6%	0.25
ABI	1.0±0.26	1.0±0.5	0.29
BMI	26.8±5.8	31.4±5.5	0.01

FMD% = percent change of flow mediated dilatation performed by the brachial artery method

ABI = ankle brachial index (0.9–1.4 considered normal)

BMI = body mass index