Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the twenty subjects who completed the study

Age (years)

38.7 ± 14.4

Body mass index (kg/m²)

24.1 ± 2.3

Waist circumference (cm)

85.7 ± 7.0

Brachial systolic BP (mm Hg)

112.0 ± 12.7

Brachial diastolic BP (mm Hg)

69.0 ± 9.2

Heart rate (bpm)

56.2 ± 10.2

Aortic systolic BP (mm Hg)

99.4 ± 14.5

Aortic diastolic BP (mm Hg)

67.8 ± 9.3

Augmentation index (%)

8.4 ± 24.2

Augmentation index at HR of 75 bpm (%)

0.1 ± 7.9

Reflection time (m/s)

157.2 ± 24.8

Pulse wave velocity (m/s)

6.7 ± 1.4

Plasma glucose (mmol/L)

4.85 ± 0.37

Insulin (mU/L)

4.26 ± 2.27

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.5 ± 0.8

High density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.4 ± 0.3

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

1.0 ± 0.7