TABLE 2.

Brachial artery measures pre‐ and post‐assessment

	PEMF group (n = 15)	Control group (n = 11)
Pre‐assessment
Baseline diameter (mm)	4.17 ± 0.74	4.51 ± 0.71
Peak diameter (mm)	4.37 ± 0.73	4.73 ± 0.70
FMD (%)	4.88 ± 3.07	4.93 ± 2.17
SRAUC	27 048 ± 17 148	21 974 ± 25 294
FMDNOR (FMD/SRAUC, 10−3)	0.31 ± 0.3	0.45 ± 0.36
Post‐assessment
Baseline diameter (mm)	4.21 ± 0.74	4.72 ± 0.66
Peak diameter (mm)	4.51 ± 0.77	4.97 ± 0.68
FMD (%)*	7.09 ± 3.05 #	5.27 ± 1.84
SRAUC	28 272 ± 16 576	20 071 ± 13 729
FMDNOR (FMD/SRAUC, 10‐3)*	0.44 ± 0.42 #	0.38 ± 0.25

The data are presented by mean ± standard deviation (SD).

Abbreviations: FMD, Flow‐mediated dilation; PEMF, Pulsed electromagnetic field; SR, Shear rate.

^*Significant effect of group‐time interaction (ANOVA).

^#Significant difference between pre‐ and post‐assessment (post hoc comparison).