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Table 2 Brachial artery vascular measurements

From: Circulating levels of mitochondrial uncoupling protein 2, but not prohibitin, are lower in humans with type 2 diabetes and correlate with brachial artery flow-mediated dilation

 

Total study population (N = 107)

Healthy controls (N = 52)

Type 2 DM (N = 55)

P-value T2DM vs. control

Resting diameter (mm)

3.72 ± 0.72

3.66 ± 0.75

3.81 ± 0.69

0.29

Resting flow velocity (m/s)

0.54 ± 0.14

0.53 ± 0.13

0.56 ± 0.15

0.32

Hyperemic flow velocity (m/s)

0.99 ± 0.26

1.01 ± 0.25

0.97 ± 0.26

0.45

Absolute flow mediated dilation (mm)

0.20 ± 0.09

0.26 ± 0.06

0.12 ± 0.06

< 0.001

Nitroglycerin Mediated Dilation (mm)a

0.75 ± 0.25

0.85 ± 0.25

0.68 ± 0.22

< 0.001

  1. aN = 39 healthy controls and N = 49 T2DM subjects
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Cardiovascular Diabetology

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