Table III.

 Carotid‐Radial Pre‐ and Post‐Ischemia Pulse Wave Velocity and Percent of Variation According to Groups

	Total			Men			Women			P Value
	Pre	Post	%	Pre	Post	%	Pre	Post	%
Group 1	7.8±0.4	7.7±0.4	−1.2	8.3±0.4	8.0±0.4	−3.4	7.6±0.4	7.5±0.4	−0.04	NS
Group 2	7.7±0.2	6.9±0.4	−9.1	8.1±0.4	7.5±0.4	−6.5	7.5±0.3	6.6±0.4	−11.2	<.001
P value	NS	<.00005		NS	NS		NS	<.0005

Values are expressed in average ± standard deviation.

Abbreviation: NS, not significant.