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Table 2 Flow data and half time to recovery data for groups – Means (SD)

From: The effects of aging and activity on muscle blood flow

  Young Active Young Inactive Older Active Older Inactive
Normalized Resting Blood Flow (ml/100 g/min) 850 (500) 540 (370) 530 (160) 880 (500)
Resting Conductance (ml/100 g/min/mmHg) 9.4 (5.2) 6.6 (4.8) 5.4 (1.6) 8.6 (4.7)
Normalized Maximal Blood Flow (ml/100 g/min) 9102 (824)* 6630 (1748) 8110 (2756) 6080 (1204)
Maximal Conductance (ml/100 g/min/mmHg) 103 (16)# 83 (23) 82 (23) 59 (9)
Half Time to Recovery of Blood Flow (seconds) 55 (12) 51 (20) 60 (9) 75 (31)
Half Time to Recovery of NIRS (seconds) 24 (17) 20 (8) 25 (21) 37 (21)
  1. Notes: * Significantly different than young inactive (p = 0.031) and older inactive (p = 0.005). # Significantly different than the older inactive (p < 0.001).