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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 10.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Appl Physiol. 2022 Aug 12;122(11):2417–2426. doi: 10.1007/s00421-022-05022-1

Table 4.

Cerebrovascular characteristics by statin use and sex

Males Females M vs. F
No statin		 M vs. F
statin		 Main effect
No statin n = 38 Statin n = 49 p No statin n = 74 Statin n = 51 p p p p
MCAv, cm s−1 48.78 ± 13.00 46.62 ± 10.53 0.99 53.99 ± 13.69 58.14 ± 13.11 0.45 0.25 < 0.001 < 0.001
CVCi, cm s−1·mmHg−1 0.51 ± 0.14 0.52 ± 0.13 0.99 0.58 ± 0.16 0.63 ± 0.17 0.43 0.10 < 0.001 < 0.001
PI, a.u 1.03 ± 0.24 1.04 ± 0.24 0.99 1.03 ± 0.30 0.91 ± 0.19 0.047 0.99 0.07 0.03

Bold indicates significance at p < 0.05

Variables are mean ± standard deviation

CVCi cerebrovascular conductance index, F females, M males, MCAv middle cerebral artery blood flow velocity, PI pulsatility index