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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 11.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Physiol. 2013 Aug 30;99(1):262–271. doi: 10.1113/expphysiol.2013.074047

Table 2.

Vessel characteristics

Vessel characteristic LETO group OLETF group
Gastrocnemius feed artery
  Passive diameter (µm) 289 ± 12 292 ± 13
  Preconstriction (%)
    Insulin 41 ±2 43 ± 3
    Insulin + tezosentan 41 ±4 42 ± 3
Dilatation in response to tezosentan (% possible) 12 ±4 28 ± 5*
Soleus feed artery
  Passive diameter (µm) 185 ± 12 209 ± 6†
  Preconstriction (%)
    Insulin 52 ±4 51 ± 3
    Insulin + tezosentan 45 ±3 48 ± 4
  Dilatation in response to tezosentan (% possible) 11 ± 13 31 ± 8

Data are means ± SEM.

*

P < 0.05 versus LETO.

†

P = 0.06 versus LETO.