Table 5.

Cerebral reactivity to 5% carbon dioxide

	rIPC + Exercise		rIPC only		LMM
	Week 0	Week 8	Week 0	Week 8	Condition
CVRCO2 (cm s/mmHg)	1.85 ± 0.90	1.90 ± 0.59	1.65 ± 0.70	1.58 ± 0.69	0.41
CbVCiCo2 (cm s/mmHg2)	0.018 ± 0.011	0.013 ± 0.005	0.009 ± 0.006	0.017 ± 0.011	0.26
MAP reactivityCo2 (mmHg/mmHg)	0.5 ± 0.4	0.9 ± 0.6	1.1 ± 0.7	1.5 ± 0.7	0.37

Data presented as means ± SD

CVR_Co2 cerebral reactivity to carbon dioxide, CvVCi_Co2 cerebrovascular conductance index to carbon dioxide, MAP reactivity_Co2 mean arterial pressure reactivity to carbon dioxide, rIPC remote ischemic preconditioning, LMM linear mixed model