Vascular function and carotid intimal-medial thickness in children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
Tajinder P. Singh, MD, FACC*,*,
Harvey Groehn, BA, RVT and
Andris Kazmers, MD
* Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Department of Vascular Surgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Figure 1 Absolute (left) and percent (right) change in brachial artery diameter from baseline during flow-mediated dilation. The horizontal lines represent the group mean values.
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Figure 2 Relationship of flow-mediated dilation with duration of diabetes (left; r = 0.4) and blood glucose level (right; r = 0.58) in diabetic patients.
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