Table 4.
Carotid and femoral artery structure and pulse wave velocity for exercise and control group at the end of trimester 1, 2 and 3
| Exercise group (N = 7) | Control group (N = 11) | Two-way ANOVA | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trimester | T1 | T2 | T3 | T1 | T2 | T3 | Time | Intervention | Time ×intervention |
| Pulse wave velocity (m s−1) | 5.36 ± 0.27 | 4.96 ± 0.71 | 5.51 ± 0.88 | 5.07 ± 0.57 | 4.49 ± 0.67 | 4.67 ± 1.29 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.68 |
| Carotid artery | |||||||||
| Lumen artery diameter (mm) | 6.90 ± 0.43 | 7.08 ± 0.56 | 7.18 ± 0.33 | 6.78 ± 0.32 | 7.10 ± 0.49 | 7.14 ± 0.39 | 0.05 | 0.72 | 0.90 |
| IMT (mm) | 0.47 ± 0.06 | 0.49 ± 0.06 | 0.47 ± 0.05 | 0.51 ± 0.04 | 0.49 ± 0.04 | 0.49 ± 0.04 | 0.54 | 0.73 | 0.29 |
| IMT/lumen | 0.07 ± 0.01 | 0.07 ± 0.01 | 0.06 ± 0.00 | 0.08 ± 0.01 | 0.07 ± 0.01 | 0.07 ± 0.01 | 0.046 | 0.19 | 0.21 |
| Femoral artery | |||||||||
| IMT (mm) | 0.40 ± 0.06 | 0.41 ± 0.04 | 0.41 ± 0.09 | 0.37 ± 0.07 | 0.39 ± 0.07 | 0.40 ± 0.05 | 0.64 | 0.41 | 0.97 |
| IMT/lumen | 0.07 ± 0.01 | 0.08 ± 0.01 | 0.07 ± 0.02 | 0.07 ± 0.01 | 0.07 ± 0.01 | 0.07 ± 0.01 | 0.96 | 0.55 | 0.84 |
Values are mean ± SD
IMT intima-media thickness
*p < 0.05 for time