Table 3 Means and standard errors for ultrasound derived measures (IMT and FMD), as well as inter-group differences
Metrics | Y | O | NS | S | YNS | YS | ONS | OS | Differences (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
O-Y | S-NS | ONS-YNS | YS-YNS | OS-ONS | |||||||||
Right CCA IMT (mm) | 0.49 ± 0.01 | 0.66 ± 0.01 | 0.56 ± 0.02 | 0.60 ± 0.02 | 0.46 ± 0.01 | 0.52 ± 0.02 | 0.66 ± 0.02 | 0.68 ± 0.03 | 34.8*** | 6.8 | 41.9*** | 12.8 | 3.2 |
Left CCA IMT (mm | 0.49 ± 0.02 | 0.70 ± 0.02 | 0.57 ± 0.02 | 0.63 ± 0.02 | 0.46 ± 0.01 | 0.53 ± 0.02 | 0.68 ± 0.02 | 0.72 ± 0.03 | 41.3*** | 9.9* | 49.3*** | 16.6* | 5.8 |
1-min FMD (%) | 7.83 ± 0.69 | 7.04 ± 0.61 | 7.79 ± 0.63 | 6.93 ± 0.67 | 7.96 ± 0.96 | 7.66 ± 0.92 | 7.65 ± 0.96 | 6.38 ± 0.82 | −10.1 | −11.1 | −3.9 | −3.8 | −16.6 |
2-min FMD (%) | 6.61 ± 0.7 | 6.25 ± 0.64 | 6.85 ± 0.65 | 5.94 ± 0.68 | 6.99 ± 0.86 | 6.11 ± 0.92 | 6.71 ± 0.93 | 5.80 ± 1.03 | −5.5 | −13.3 | −4.0 | −12.6 | −13.6 |