TABLE 1.

Dorsal metatarsal artery response to the 8-h constant sitting without or with elastic garment.

		Baseline	1 h	2 h	3 h	4 h	5 h	6 h	7 h	8 h
Diameter, cm	Without garment leg	0.21 ± 0.04	0.20 ± 0.04	0.20 ± 0.04	0.20 ± 0.03	0.19 ± 0.03	0.19 ± 0.03	0.19 ± 0.02	0.19 ± 0.02	0.19 ± 0.02
	With garment leg	0.20 ± 0.04	0.20 ± 0.04	0.20 ± 0.04	0.20 ± 0.04	0.20 ± 0.04	0.20 ± 0.04	0.20 ± 0.04	0.20 ± 0.04	0.20 ± 0.04
Velocity, cm·s−1	Without garment leg	10.6 ± 1.3	9.9 ± 1.7	8.9 ± 1.5	8.0 ± 1.0*	8.2 ± 1.0*	8.0 ± 0.9*	8.0 ± 1.2*	7.4 ± 1.2*	7.1 ± 1.0*
	With garment leg	11.3 ± 1.4	10.4 ± 1.2	10.0 ± 1.3	9.8 ± 1.1†	9.8 ± 0.8†	9.6 ± 0.9†	10.0 ± 1.1†	9.7 ± 1.0†	9.6 ± 0.9†
ΔBlood flow, %	Without garment leg	100.0 ± 0.0	90.7 ± 10.4	80.2 ± 13.4	70.9 ± 14.5	71.8 ± 15.2	69.8 ± 14.5	68.8 ± 14.9	63.5 ± 16.5	61.4 ± 16.2
	With garment leg	100.0 ± 0.0	91.6 ± 5.6	88.0 ± 8.0	86.2 ± 9.5†	88.1 ± 9.4†	86.0 ± 10.5†	86.6 ± 8.0†	84.4 ± 9.3†	84.9 ± 10.3†

Data are expressed as mean ± SD. Significance for an effect of sitting time (baseline vs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 h of sitting) or elastic garment (without or with) was quantified with a two-way ANOVA for repeated measures, followed by, when appropriate, Bonferroni post hoc testing was conducted.

*P < 0.05 between baseline and sitting within group.

†P < 0.05 between without garment leg and with garment leg at the same time point.