Research Article
Possible Modulation of Vascular Function Measures in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Homocysteine
Table 2
Vascular function indices.
| | Patients (n = 31) | Control (n = 19) | p value |
| Blood flow, ml/100ml tissue/min |
| Resting | 3.11 ± 0.76 | 3.18 ± 0.74 | 0.700 | Post-occlusion | 21.9 ± 6.55 | 25.5 ± 6.10 | 0.050 |
| Vascular resistance, U |
| Resting | 29.4 ± 7.32 | 26.7 ± 5.83 | 0.100 | Post-occlusion | 4.77 ± 2.08 | 3.05 ± 0.96 | 0.006 |
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Data presented as mean ± SD.
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