Table 1.

Participant characteristics

Demographic	Baseline
N	12
Sex (women/men)	2/10
Age, yr	70 ± 7
Body mass index, kg/m2	30.4 ± 4.3
Waist circumference, cm	103.4 ± 11.0
Office SBP,* mmHg	128 ± 13
Office DBP,* mmHg	76 ± 13
Fasting glucose,† mmol/l	5.0 ± 0.5
Fasting insulin,† pmol/l	30 ± 24.7
Fasting cholesterol,† mmol/l	5.1 ± 0.9
Fasting triglycerides,† mmol/l	1.1 ± 0.4
Fasting HDL,† mmol/l	1.3 ± 0.3
Fasting LDL,† mmol/l	3.3 ± 0.6

Data are means ± SD; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HDL, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

^*Measured during familiarization visit.

^†Measured during first experimental visit.