Table 4. Microvascular reactivity outcomes from post-occlusive reactive hyperemia. |
| Outcome |
Thermoneutral
shower control T0 |
Thermoneutral
shower control T1 |
Thermoneutral
shower control T2 |
Contrast
heat-cold T0 |
Contrast
heat-cold T1 |
Contrast
heat-cold T2 |
Between-group
ΔΔ (T1-T0 / T2-T0), effect size, p-value |
PORH
Peak
(PU) |
35.7 ±
4.1 |
38.01 ±
5.38 |
36.4 ±
4.6 |
34.8 ±
4.0 |
37.5 ±
5.4 |
35.6 ±
4.4 |
ΔΔ
0.36 (95% CI -1.24 to 1.96), p = 0.651; g 0.09. ΔΔ 0.08 (95%
CI -0.70 to 0.86), p = 0.830; g 0.02. |
Resting
flow
RF
(PU) |
23.9 ±
1.8 |
24.30 ±
1.81 |
24.0 ±
1.9 |
24.3 ±
2.0 |
24.9 ±
2.2 |
24.4 ±
2.2 |
ΔΔ
0.15 (95% CI -0.18 to 0.47), p = 0.365; g 0.08. ΔΔ 0.03 (95%
CI -0.28 to 0.35), p = 0.833; g 0.02. |
Time
to
peak TTP
(s) |
23.5 ±
5.2 |
22.37 ±
4.89 |
23.5 ±
5.1 |
24.3 ±
4.4 |
23.1 ±
3.9 |
24.5 ±
4.5 |
ΔΔ
0.01 (95% CI -0.74 to 0.77), p = 0.972; g 0.00. ΔΔ 0.27 (95%
CI -0.08 to 0.61), p = 0.126; g 0.05. |
| Recovery
time (min) |
6.2 ±
0.9 |
5.81 ±
0.84 |
6.1 ±
0.9 |
6.2 ±
0.9 |
5.9 ±
1.0 |
6.1 ±
1.0 |
ΔΔ
0.02 (95% CI -0.20 to 0.23), p = 0.873; g 0.02. ΔΔ -0.09 (95%
CI -0.19 to 0.02), p = 0.108; g -0.09. |
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Values are mean ± SD. PORH, post-occlusive reactive hyperemia; PU, perfusion units; RF, resting flow; TTP, time to peak; ΔΔ denotes the between-group difference in change from baseline (contrast minus control). Effect sizes are Hedges g for pretest-posttest control designs. |
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