Table 4.

Vascular responses to a high sodium meal followed by the antioxidant cocktail/placebo.

	All subjects			Men	Women
	Time	PLA	AO	PLA	AO	PLA	AO
FMD diameter change (%)	BSL	6.7±0.5	6.3±0.5	5.8±0.6	5.8±0.6	7.4±0.7*	6.9±0.7
	60min	6.4±0.6	6.5±0.6	5.1±0.7	4.5±0.5	7.6±0.8*	8.4±0.8*
	120min	6.4±0.5	6.7±0.5	4.8±0.6	6.2±0.6	7.9±0.6*	7.2±0.8
Baseline diameter (mm)	BSL	3.84±0.09	3.83± 0.12	4.26±0.11	4.22±0.11	3.43±0.08*	3.46±0.16*
	60min	3.81±0.10	3.79±0.10	4.31±0.11	4.26±0.10	3.33±0.06*	3.35±0.07*
	120min	3.86±0.10	3.73±0.09	4.26±0.12	4.16±0.10	3.47±0.08*	3.32±0.08*
Peak diameter (mm)	BSL	4.09 ±0.10	4.06±0.12	4.50±0.11	4.45±0.11	3.69±0.10*	3.69±0.16*
	60 min	4.04±0.10	4.02±0.09	4.52±0.11	4.45±0.10	3.58±0.07*	3.61±0.07*
	120min	4.10±0.09	3.97±0.10	4.46±0.12	4.41±0.10	3.75±0.09*	3.55±0.09*
FMD (mm Δ)	BSL	0.25±0.02	0.23±0.01	0.24±0.02	0.24±0.02	0.26±0.03	0.23±0.02
	60min	0.23±0.02	0.23±0.02	0.21±0.03	0.20±0.02	0.25±0.03	0.26±0.02
	120min	0.24±0.02	0.24±0.02	0.20±0.02	0.25±0.02	0.27±0.02	0.24±0.03
Shear rate (AUC)	BSL	16,498±976	17,794±1,382	15,552±1,168	16,167±1,380	17,399±1,550	19,344±2,342
	60min	16,695±1,179	17,144±1,274	13,699±1,355	14,191±1,195	19,548±1,711*	19,957±2,059*
	120min	16,276±1,316	15,837±1,079	14,394±1,664	12,970±952	18,067±1,982	18,567±1,720*

Values are means ± SEM.

^*p<0.05 Men vs. Women.

AO, antioxidant; AUC, area under the curve; BSL, baseline; PLA, placebo.