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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 13.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Physiol. 2017 Oct 13;102(12):1661–1671. doi: 10.1113/EP086587

Table 1.

Participant characteristics.

Women (n=13) Men (n=12) P value
Age (yrs) 70 ± 5 71 ± 5 0.67
Height (cm) 163 ± 5 176 ± 5 <0.01
Weight (kg) 59 ± 6 79 ± 9 <0.01
Body mass index (kg/m2) 22.0 ± 2.8 25.5 ± 2.1 <0.01
Lowest ankle-brachial index 1.13 ± 0.07 1.19 ± 0.14 0.20
Seated systolic BP (mmHg) 130 ± 13 137 ± 16 0.23
Seated diastolic BP (mmHg) 65 ± 8 77 ± 9 <0.01
Seated heart rate (bpm) 58 ± 3 59 ± 11 0.75
Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL) 96 ± 6 93 ± 15 0.57

Values are mean ± SD. BP, blood pressure.