Placebo | Folic acid 400 µg daily | Folic acid 5 mg daily | ||||
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*p<0.05; **p<0.01 v baseline. | ||||||
Aoritic arch | Baseline | After treatment | Baseline | After treatment | Baseline | After treatment |
Pulse wave velocity (m/s) | 7.93 SD 0.71 | 8.22 SD 0.90 | 9.03 SD 1.02 | 7.62 SD 0.78** | 8.50 SD 0.61 | 7.33 SD 0.51* |
FMD (%) | 7.95 SD 1.05 | 7.2 SD 1.49 | 7.8 SD 1.28 | 12 SD 1.51** | 7.85 SD 1.24 | 13.05 SD 1.67** |