Table 2.

Baseline and maximal data

	Non-Hispanic Black		Non-Hispanic White
	Normotensive	Prehypertensive	Normotensive	Prehypertensive
n	8	8	8	8
Baseline
Control	15 ± 7	13 ± 9	17 ± 7	18 ± 11
Lidocaine	13 ± 6	11 ± 4	12 ± 7	18 ± 9
l-NAME	8 ± 4	10 ± 5	10 ± 2	14 ± 5
Lidocaine + l-NAME	9 ± 4	13 ± 10	12 ± 5	15 ± 8
Maximal CVC
Control	2.27 ± 0.81	2.30 ± 0.61	2.16 ± 0.69	2.03 ± 0.55
Lidocaine	2.51 ± 0.52	2.62 ± 0.70	2.67 ± 0.62	2.60 ± 0.34
l-NAME	2.30 ± 0.58	1.96 ± 0.55	2.25 ± 0.50	2.26 ± 0.51
Lidocaine + l-NAME	2.52 ± 0.45	1.94 ± 0.56	2.02 ± 0.89	1.89 ± 0.58

Values are means ± SD. Baseline are maximal vasodilation (%CVC_max), and maximal values are cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC) (flux/mean arterial pressure). l-NAME, N^ω-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester.