Figure 3

The peak effects of post-occlusive reactive hyperemia (PORH) on cutaneous microvascular conductance (CVC, expressed in arbitrary perfusion units, APU, divided by mean arterial pressure in mmHg, upper panel); increases in CVC induced by PORH (middle panel) and the area under the curve (AUC) during PORH (lower panel) of healthy young subjects (n = 40) before (PRE) and after (POST) oral creatine supplementation. The amplitudes of PORH responses are expressed as peak CVC minus the baseline CVC. Values represent the means ± SEM and were analyzed using two-tailed paired Student’s t tests.