Fig. 2. Effect of regular (control group, n=9) and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA)-enriched (n-3 PUFAs group, n=14) hen egg consumption on skin microvascular overall reactivity, and endothelium-dependent and -independent vasodilation in competitive athletes. (A) Post-occlusive reactive hyperemia (PORH), (B) acetylcholine-induced dilation (AChID), and (C) sodium nitroprusside-induced dilation (SNPID). PORH measurements are expressed as the difference between percentages of flow change during reperfusion and occlusion in relation to baseline (R-O%). AChID and SNPID are expressed as flow increases following ACh or SNP administration compared with baseline flow. Data are presented as arithmetic mean±SD. *P=0.002 (for PORH) and P=0.050 (for AChID) before vs. after within the n-3 PUFA group (paired t-tests).
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