Vascular Aging across the Menopause Transition in Healthy Women

Figure 8

Brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD) before and after 12 weeks of oral or transdermal estradiol or placebo treatment and an additional 12 weeks of estradiol or placebo treatment plus aerobic exercise training. ^∗𝑃<0.01 versus baseline; ^†𝑃<0.01 versus 12 weeks; ^‡𝑃<0.01 versus placebo 12 weeks. Reproduced from Moreau et al. [9].