Table 2.

Vascular measurements with common femoral artery diameter and arterial stiffness.

	Vascular measurements				Linear Mixed Model: changes due to the 1-year interventions
	Exercise training		No exercise training		Time*Training	Time*Medication	Time*Training Medication
	Alagebrium	placebo	Alagebrium	placebo	p-value	p-value	p-value
Common femoral artery diameter (mm)					0.043	0.948	0.837
Baseline	9.5±0.9	10.1±1.3	10.7±1.8	9.8±1.6
6 months	10.0±1.0	10.5±1.4	10.9±1.5	9.9±1.6
12 months	10.1±1.0	10.6±1.3	10.9±1.5	10.0±1.6
Arterial stiffness, pulse wave velocity (m/s)					0.425	0.106	0.886
Baseline	13.3±5.4	11.0±3.2	13.2±4.3	11.5±3.0
6 months	11.7±3.7	10.8±2.4	12.7 ±2.8	12.4±3.4
12 months	12.3±4.1	11.4±2.6	12.2±1.7	12.7±3.9

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.