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. 2021 Oct 21;31(4):489–500. doi: 10.18865/ed.31.4.489

Table 3. Brachial endothelial function.

Variable Hispanic, n=25 NHW, n=31 P
Brachial diameter, mm 2.8±0.4 3.1±.4 .006
Absolute flow mediated dilation, mm .19±.12 .17±.12 .59
Relative flow mediated dilation, % 7.8±4.1 5.6±4.2 .058
Low-flow mediated constriction, % -4.1±3.0 -3.1±1.9 .15
Peak systolic velocity, AUC 1955±640 1608±399 .016
Mean velocity, AUC 924±372 765±253 .06
FMD/PSVAUC .43±.25 .35±.25 .28
FMD/MnVAUC .94±.55 .80±.66 .41
FMD/PSVAUC a 7.5±4.0 5.8±4.1 .15
FMD/MnVAUC a 7.6±4.0 5.7±4.1 .10

FMD, flow-mediated dilation; AUC, area under the curve; PSV, peak systolic velocity; MnV, mean velocity.

a. ANCOVA adjusted means.