aDepartment of Health and Exercise Science, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
bDepartment of Kinesiology and Nutrition
cDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Correspondence to Rebecca M. Kappus, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Exercise Science, Appalachian State University, 111 Rivers Street, 038 HCC, Boone, NC 28608-2071, USA. Tel: +1 828 262 7214; fax: +1 828 262 3138; e-mail: [email protected]
Abbreviations: AA, African-American; ADMA, asymmetric dimethylarginine; AOX, antioxidant; BP, blood pressure; CVD, cardiovascular disease; DEXA, dual energy x-ray absorptiometry; EPR, electron paramagnetic resonance; FBF, forearm blood flow; FMD, flow-mediated dilation; FVC, forearm vascular conductance; IMT, intima–media thickness; MDA, malondialdehyde; MVC, maximal voluntary contraction; NO, nitric oxide; OS, oxidative stress; PP, pulse pressure; RH, reactive hyperemia; SOD, superoxide dismutase; TBA, thiobarbituric acid; TBARS, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances
Received 14 November, 2016
Revised 7 April, 2017
Accepted 10 May, 2017
