Table 2.

Vascular Characteristics of Brachial Artery Before and After Weight Lifting

	SED (n=9)				ET (n=6)
	No Cuff		Cuff		No Cuff		Cuff
Characteristic	Pre WL	Post WL	Pre WL	Post WL	Pre WL	Post WL	Pre WL	Post WL
Resting BA Diameter, mm	3.22 ± 0.15	3.27 ± 0.13	3.13 ± 0.16	3.21 ± 0.15	4.03 ± 0.36	4.07 ± 0.35	3.90 ± 0.32	3.92 ± 0.33
Max BA Diameter, mm	3.50 ± 0.15	3.48 ± 0.13	3.39 ± 0.15	3.54 ± 0.15	4.33 ± 0.38	4.40 ± 0.39	4.15 ± 0.35	4.36 ± 0.39
FMD, %	8.96 ± 1.19	6.55 ± 0.83*	8.65 ± 1.21	10.47 ± 0.98*	7.44 ± 0.74	7.96 ± 0.86	6.55 ± 0.70	10.89 ± 1.53*
Peak SS – Resting, s	11.6 ± 0.9	12.7 ± 1.8	11.6 ± 1.3	11.8 ± 1.1	7.0 ± 0.5	7.5 ± 0.5	7.5 ± 0.6	8.3 ± 0.8
Peak SS – Hyperemic, s	18.4 ± 1.8	16.6 ± 1.3	18.5 ± 1.5	18.5 ± 1.3	12.6 ± 1.4	13.0 ± 1.2	14.3 ± 1.6	14.5 ± 1.2
Normalized FMD (FMD/Peak  Hyperemic SS)	0.51 ± 0.09	0.40 ± 0.03*	0.46 ± 0.04	0.57 ± 0.04*	0.60± 0.10	0.63 ± 0.07	0.48 ± 0.06	0.77 ± 0.12*
Diameter after NTG, mm	NA	3.94 ± 0.15	NA	3.93 ± 0.15	NA	4.98 ± 0.38	NA	4.86 ± 0.37
NTG Dilation, %	NA	22.21 ± 1.49	NA	21.67 ± 1.48	NA	21.40 ± 1.52	NA	22.88 ± 2.48

All values are expressed as mean ± SEM. n=number of participants. BA, Brachial Artery; ET, Exercise Trained Subjects; FMD, Flow Mediated Dilation; NTG, Nitroglycerin; SED, Sedentary Subjects; SS, Shear Stress; WL, Weight Lifting.

^*Significant difference (P<0.05) Pre WL vs. Post WL within same condition (Cuff or No Cuff), 2-Way Repeated Measures ANOVA.