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. 2015 Aug 31;38(11):2120–2127. doi: 10.2337/dc15-0699

Table 2.

Hemorheological and hemodynamic parameters of patients with diabetes with (T2DM-SCT) or without (T2DM) SCT and of healthy individuals with (SCT) or without (CONT) SCT

T2DM-SCT T2DM SCT CONT
Hct (%) 40.6 ± 2.3 41.3 ± 2.1 41.8 ± 2.2 40.5 ± 1.3
Blood viscosity (cP)
 5.62 s−1 11.1 ± 1.0***, 10.9 ± 0.8***, 10.2 ± 0.8** 9.2 ± 0.9
 11.25 s−1 9.7 ± 1.0***, 9.8 ± 0.8***,†† 8.9 ± 0.6* 8.2 ± 0.8
 22.5 s−1 8.7 ± 0.9***,†† 8.7 ± 0.6***,††† 7.9 ± 0.5* 7.2 ± 0.6
 45 s−1 7.7 ± 0.8***, 7.6 ± 0.5***, 7.1 ± 0.5* 6.4 ± 0.3
 90 s−1 7.0 ± 0.7*** 6.5 ± 0.4* 6.5 ± 0.5*** 5.8 ± 0.4
 225 s−1 6.3 ± 0.7***,# 5.8 ± 0.4*** 5.9 ± 0.4*** 4.9 ± 0.4
Plasma viscosity (cP) 1.8 ± 0.4**,†† 1.8 ± 0.4**,†† 1.3 ± 0.3 1.4 ± 0.3
Baseline diameter (mm)
 Systolic 4.0 ± 0.5 4.0 ± 0.5 4.0 ± 0.4 4.2 ± 0.5
 Diastolic 3.7 ± 0.4 3.8 ± 0.5 3.8 ± 0.4 3.9 ± 0.5
Baseline blood flow (mL/min)
 Systolic 331 ± 112 310 ± 120 299 ± 98 292 ± 88
 Diastolic 286 ± 106**,†† 266 ± 84*, 202 ± 40 197 ± 53
Baseline shear rate (s−1)
 Systolic 504.5 ± 135.5 452.0 ± 117.0 445.0 ± 120.1 386.0 ± 99.8
 Diastolic 156.8 ± 63.3***, 142.1 ± 47.8* 110.3 ± 31.2 95.7 ± 25.4
Baseline shear stress (dyn/cm2)
 Systolic 26.7 ± 9.5*** 22.3 ± 6.4 23.2 ± 7.1 16.6 ± 3.9
 Diastolic 10.5 ± 4.5***,†† 8.9 ± 2.8* 7.1 ± 2.0 5.6 ± 1.6

Data are means ± SD.

*Different from CONT, P < 0.05.

**P < 0.01.

***P < 0.001.

†Different from SCT, P < 0.05.

††P < 0.01.

†††P < 0.001.

#Different from T2DM, P < 0.05.