Clinical Study
The Effects of Beta-Glucan Rich Oat Bread on Serum Nitric Oxide and Vascular Endothelial Function in Patients with Hypercholesterolemia
Table 2
Comparison of nitric oxide concentration and flow-mediated dilation between the intervention and control groups.
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| Nitric oxide (mol/lit) | | | | Before intervention | 263.2 ± 49.8 | 232.7 ± 57.2 | 0.689 | After intervention | 313.4 ± 62.9 | 250.2 ± 56.7 | 0.460 | valu | 0.017 | 0.530 | | NO changes (mol/lit) | 50.2 ± 19.8 | 17.5 ± 27.5 | 0.337 | Baseline brachial artery diameter (mm) | | | | Before intervention | 3.48 ± 0.68 | 3.67 ± 0.54 | 0.252 | After intervention | 3.55 ± 0.67 | 3.66 ± 0.55 | 0.492 | valu | 0.005 | 0.895 | | Brachial artery diameter after ischemia (mm) | | | | Before intervention | 4.15 ± 0.65 | 4.23 ± 0.54 | 0.607 | After intervention | 4.25 ± 0.66 | 4.24 ± 0.55 | 0.949 | valu | 0.000 | 0.614 | | Flow-mediated dilation (%) | | | | Before intervention | 20.1 ± 7.3 | 15.8 ± 5.1 | 0.011 | After intervention | 20.6 ± 7.9 | 16.4 ± 7.0 | 0.034 | valu | 0.546 | 0.533 | | FMD changes (%) | 0.48 ± 0.78 | 0.59 ± 0.92 | 0.932 |
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Independent -test, paired -test, NO: nitric oxide, and FMD: flow-mediated dilation.
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