Table 2 Dynamic vessel analyzer parameters in patients and controls.

From: The retinal neurovascular coupling is impaired in men with vasculogenic erectile dysfunction

 

ED (N = 35)

Controls (N = 30)

p value

Dynamic analysis

 Arterial dilation (%)

1.88 ± 1.50

3.70 ± 1.56

< 0.0001

 Arterial constriction (%)

− 0.56 ± 1.22

− 0.52 ± 1.54

0.430

 Reaction amplitude (%)

2.40 ± 2.02

4.25 ± 2.20

0.023

 Venous dilation (%)

2.79 ± 2.38

3.4 ± 2.96

0.241

Static analysis

 AVR

0.98 ± 0.27

0.97 ± 0.21

0.127

 CRAE

252.1 ± 47.4

221.3 ± 56.6

< 0.0001

 CRVE

259.3 ± 40.1

229.7 ± 43.2

0.024

  1. Values are compared using a one-way analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) with age, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia and systemic hypertension as covariates. Data are presented as mean ± SD (standard deviation).
  2. N number of patients, ED erectile dysfunction, AVR artery–vein ratio, CRAE central retinal artery equivalent, CRVE central retinal vein equivalent.
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