Table 2. Subject characteristics before and after 10 weeks of placebo and sodium nitrite supplementation.

	Placebo		Nitrite (80 mg/day)		Nitrite (160 mg/day)
	Baseline	Week 10	Baseline	Week 10	Baseline	Week 10
Acute (baseline and 30 min after 1st dose)
Nitrite	0.23 ± 0.24	0.20 ± 0.19	0.47 ± 0.47	3.34 ± 1.88*	0.27 ± 0.31	7.13 ± 3.36*
Chronic (baseline and 12-18 h after final dose at week 10)
Nitrite	0.20 ± 0.21	0.26 ± 0.16	0.21 ± 0.17	0.47 ± 0.27†	0.15 ± 0.15	0.37 ± 0.21†

^*p<0.05;

^†p<0.1