Table 3.

Brachial Artery Flow‐Mediated Dilation Results

Measure	Dextrose	Sodium	P Value
Baseline diameter, mm	3.7±0.6	3.8±0.6	0.31
Peak diameter, mm	3.9±0.6	3.9±0.5	0.66
Allometrically scaled FMD, %a	6.8±2.1a	4.2±2.1a	0.003a
Shear rate (AUC)	32 205±12 964	31 932±14 597	0.94
VTI, cm	91.8±32.5	87.9±37.7	0.73

Data are presented as mean±SD. AUC indicates area under the curve; FMD, flow‐mediated dilation; and VTI, velocity‐time integral.

^aSignificant difference. N=16.