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Summary of Vascular Study Results at Baseline and One Year Follow-up
| Baseline SSc patients | Baseline Controls | p-value | One year SSc patients | One year Controls | p-value | |
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| Aortic PWV (meter/second) | 6.60 ± 1.43 | 6.43 ± 1.10 | 0.71 | -- | -- | |
| Carotid IMT (mm) | 0.70 ± 0.12 | 0.69 ± 0.13 | 0.92 | -- | -- | |
| Brachial FMD (% change)* | 4.3 ± 5.2 | 3.2 ± 4.2 | 0.55 | 4.1 ± 5.7 | 5.7 ± 6.1 | 0.66 |
| Endo-PAT RHI | 1.11 ±0.57 | 2.05 ± 0.51 | 0.001 | 1.40 ± 0.52 | 2.37 ± 0.49 | 0.004 |
reactive hyperemia after forearm ischemia
