Arterial Injury and Endothelial Repair: Rapid Recovery of Function after Mechanical Injury in Healthy Volunteers

Table 1

Baseline characteristics.

	Healthy volunteers; (𝑛=28)	Patients; (𝑛=18)	𝑃 value
Age (years)	25.7±7.1	60.6±8.8	<0.001
Gender (male)	24 (85.7)	11 (61.1)	<0.001
Ethnicity (white)	19 (67.8)	13 (72.2)	Ns
BMI	23.9 (2.7)	31.2 (6.6)	<0.001
Systolic BP (mmHg)	131 (9.1)	127.3 (17.2)	Ns
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	75.1 (8.3)	74.4 (11.5)	Ns
Hypertension	0 (0)	10 (55.5)	<0.001
Diabetes	0 (0)	6 (33.3)	<0.001
Current smoker	0 (0)	3 (16.7)	<0.001
Concurrent medications:
Antiplatelet	0 (0)	12 (66.7)	<0.001
Statin	0 (0)	13 (72.2)	<0.001
Cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.1±1.0	4.2±1.2	Ns
Glucose (mmol/L)	5.1±0.8	6.7±2.5	Ns
Baseline radial artery diameter (mm)	2.42±0.3	2.58±0.4	Ns
Baseline FMD (%)	7.0±1.9	5.4±4.0	Ns

Values are mean ± SD or number (%). BMI: body mass index; BP: blood pressure; FMD: flow mediated dilation; Ns: not significant.