Clinical Study
Brachial Artery Endothelial Responses during Early Recovery from an Exercise Bout in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
Table 3
Comparison of negative and positive FMD responders.
| | Variable | Negative responders () | Positive responders () |
| | Characteristics | | | | Age (yr) | 64 ± 9 | 61 ± 7 | | BMI (kg·m−2) | 28.3 ± 5.0 | 28.8 ± 4.0 | | Time since CAD event (days) | 162 ± 50 | 150 ± 37 | | VO2 peak (ml·kg−1·min−1) | 20.4 ± 4.2 | 21.9 ± 6.1 | | Submaximal peak heart rate (%HRmax) | 79 ± 18 | 76 ± 14 | | Hemodynamic indices | | | | Rest heart rate (bpm) | 59 ± 9 | 54 ± 4 | | Rest systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 129 ± 13 | 123 ± 14 | | Rest diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 65 ± 6 | 61 ± 6 | | Rest mean arterial pressure (mm Hg) | 86 ± 7 | 82 ± 8 | | Endothelial indices | | | | Rest FMD (mm) | 0.26 ± 0.11 | 0.14 ± 0.07* | | Rest FMD (%) | 6.0 ± 2.5 | 3.2 ± 1.7* | | Rest “corrected” FMD (%) | 5.9 ± 1.7 | 3.4 ± 1.8* | | Rest NTG (mm) | 1.06 ± 0.29 | 0.91 ± 0.17 | | Rest NTG (%) | 23.8 ± 6.1 | 20.4 ± 5.0 | | Rest “corrected” NTG (%) | 23.5 ± 4.2 | 20.4 ± 4.1 |
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Data expressed as mean ± SD. %HRmax, percentage of age-predicted heart rate maximum. versus negative responders.
BMI: body mass index.
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