Table 1.

Comparison of averaged plateau cutaneous vascular conductance during local heating at the control site between young smokers and nonsmokers

Author	Reference	Year	Plateau Cutaneous vascular conductance (%max)	Comment
Young smokers
Present study			77
Young nonsmokers
Hodges and Sparks	21	2014	86–90	At a rate of 0.5°C/10 s
Brunt and Minson	5	2012	84–88
Bruning et al.	3	2012	95
Greaney et al.	16	2012	93
Wong and Fieger	54	2010	92
Kellogg et al.	33	2008	85	Local heating to 41.5°C at a rate of 0.6°C/min
Stewart et al.	49	2008	91

All of the above studies used local heating to 42°C at a rate of 0.1°C/s unless otherwise indicated.