Table 5.

Brachial artery parameters

	Placebo		Nitrite 80 mg/day		Nitrite 160 mg/day
	Baseline	Week 10	Baseline	Week 10	Baseline	Week 10
Baseline arterial diameter, mm	3.70 ± 0.15	3.66 ± 0.16	3.59 ± 0.17	3.45 ± 0.12	3.67 ± 0.16	3.60 ± 0.15
Peak arterial diameter, mm	3.79 ± 0.16	3.81 ± 0.14	3.68 ± 0.12	3.74 ± 0.16	3.76 ± 0.14	3.78 ± 0.16
Time to peak diameter, s	52 ± 5	59 ± 6	43 ± 5	45 ± 3	47 ± 6	43 ± 4
Shear rate, s−1*	1743 ± 177	1901 ± 149	1872 ± 79	2104 ± 145	1832 ± 148	2010 ± 184

Values are means ± SE.

^*Nitrite 80 mg/day (n = 8).