TABLE 3.

Vascular Measurement responses to dietary sodium perturbation.

	LS Men	LS Women	HS Men	HS Women
Brachial artery FMD (mm ∆)	0.38±0.03	0.31±0.02	0.23±0.02†	0.29±0.03*†
Baseline brachial artery diameter (mm)	3.7±0.2	3.2±0.01*	3.9±0.11	3.4±0.13*
Peak brachial artery diameter (mm)	4.1±0.25	3.5±0.09*	4.2±0.11	3.7±0.13*
AUC shear rate	10276±4316	21702±9800	12596±8433	15039±7058

Values are mean ± SE; n = 30 (14 women and 16 men). FMD, flow-mediated dilation; AUC, area under the curve.

^*P<0.05 v. men;

^†P<0.05 v. respective sex’s low-sodium values