Table 5.

A comparison of markers of artery function in patients before and 6 months after bariatric surgery

	OB1	OB2	p
PWV (m/s)	8.53 ± 1.76b	7.82 ± 1.49b	0.0226
	8.45; 5.30–14.40a	7.63; 4.58–10.99a
FMD (%)	12.83 ± 5.15b	17.52 ± 5.50b	<0.0001
	12.29; 1.80–21.84a	17.22; 6.30–27.41a
NTG (%)	21.47 ± 8.31b	28.54 ± 8.16b	<0.0001
	21.72; 3.52–40.78a	26.92; 13.86–48.63a

PWV pulse wave velocity, FMD flow-mediated dilatation, NTG nitroglycerin-mediated dilatation

^aMedian; range

^bMean ± SD