Sex Differences in Vascular Compliance in Normal-Weight but Not Obese Boys and Girls: The Effect of Body Composition

<table>Reactive hyperemia index (RHI) and large and small arterial elasticity index (LAEI and SAEI, resp.) in boys and girls.  Values are for mean ± SEM of normal-weight and obese groups.  LAEI was significantly increased in the normal-weight boys compared to the normal-weight girls.  SAEI was not different in boys and girls, but in the normal-weight group, the difference approached significance (<svg height="11.375" id="M17" style="vertical-align:-0.1638pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 66.875 11.375" width="66.875" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg>).  There was not a sex difference for RHI in either weight group. *Boys &gt; girls in the normal-weight group (<svg height="11.375" id="M18" style="vertical-align:-0.1638pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 58.712502 11.375" width="58.712502" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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International Journal of Pediatrics

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Figure 1: Sex Differences in Vascular Compliance in Normal-Weight but Not Obese Boys and Girls: The Effect of Body Composition 