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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2022 Dec 6;80(2):482–491. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.122.19547

Table 2.

Arterial Hemodynamics of Participants with T1D

Placebo Bromocriptine P-value
Pressure Hemodynamics
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 118 ± 9 113 ± 11 <0.001
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 69 ± 6 66 ± 7 0.039
Pulse pressure (mm Hg) 49 ± 7 46 ± 8 0.015
Mean arterial pressure (mm Hg) 88 ± 7 85 ± 8 0.002
Ascending Aorta
Pulse Wave Velocity (m/s) 4.0 ± 0.8 3.7 ± 0.6 0.018
Relative Area Change (%) 28.1 ± 6.8 30.7 ± 5.7 0.083
Distensibility (%/mm Hg) 0.59 ± 0.17 0.68 ± 0.17 0.017
Descending Aorta
Pulse Wave Velocity (m/s) 4.2 ± 0.6 4.1 ± 0.8 0.278
Relative Area Change (%) 25.9 ± 4.5 26.2 ± 5.7 0.779
Distensibility (%/mm Hg) 0.55 ± 0.12 0.59 ± 0.16 0.079
Abdominal Aorta
Pulse Wave Velocity (m/s) 4.2 ± 0.6 3.9 ± 0.4 0.007
Relative Area Change (%) 26.1 ± 3.8 27.3 ± 3.4 0.158
Distensibility (%/mm Hg) 0.56 ± 0.15 0.61 ± 0.11 0.013
Endothelial Function
Reactive Hyperemia Index 2.30 ± 0.56 1.99 ± 0.57 0.006
LN reactive hyperemia index 0.81 ± 0.23 0.65 ± 0.28 0.003
Framingham RHI Risk Score 0.87 (0.55 – 1.04) 0.75 (0.25 – 0.99) 0.010
Peripheral Vascular Stiffness
Brachial compliance (mL/mmHg) 0.059 ± 0.012 0.061 ± 0.013 0.156
Brachial distensibility (%/mmHg) 6.06 ± 1.16 6.25 ± 1.15 0.303

Data reported as mean ± SD or as median with corresponding IQR. LN = natural logarithm.