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Table 3 Shear stress area under the curve calculated using measured viscosity vs. assumed viscosity.

From: Normalization of flow-mediated dilation to shear stress area under the curve eliminates the impact of variable hyperemic stimulus

 

Shear stress area under the curve (a.u.)

  
 

Measured viscosity used

Assumed viscosity (4 mPa·s) used

t-test p value

ICC coefficient (p value)

1-min

11.7 ± 1.3

12.7 ± 1.5

0.610

0.985 (< 0.0001)

2-min

20.0 ± 1.4

21.7 ± 1.7

0.457

0.950 (< 0.0001)

3-min

26.3 ± 1.6

28.7 ± 2.2

0.386

0.941 (< 0.0001)

4-min

35.4 ± 2.1

38.3 ± 2.5

0.377

0.930 (< 0.0001)

5-min

41.5 ± 2.2

45.0 ± 2.8

0.340

0.919 (< 0.0001)

  1. Values are means ± SEM.
  2. ICC = Intraclass correlation