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Current evidence on the effect of low-carbohydrate (LC) diet on endothelial function is conflicting and confounded by the provision of caloric restriction (CR). We tested the hypothesis that LC without CR diet, but not LC with CR diet, would improve macro- and microvascular endothelial function in women with obesity. Twenty-one healthy women with obesity (age: 33 \u00b1 2 years, body mass index: 33.0 \u00b1 0.6 kg\/m2; mean \u00b1 SEM) were randomly assigned to receive either a LC diet (~10% carbohydrate calories) with CR (n = 12; 500 calorie\/day deficit) or a LC diet without CR (n = 9) and completed the 6-week diet intervention. After the intervention, macrovascular endothelial function, measured as brachial artery flow-mediated dilation did not change (7.3 \u00b1 0.9% to 8.0 \u00b1 1.1%, p = 0.7). On the other hand, following the LC diet intervention, regardless of CR, blocking nitric oxide production decreased microvascular endothelial function, measured by arteriolar flow-induced dilation (p \u2264 0.02 for both diets) and the magnitude was more than baseline (p \u2264 0.04). These data suggest improved NO contributions following the intervention. In conclusion, a 6-week LC diet, regardless of CR, may improve microvascular, but not macrovascular endothelial function, via increasing bioavailability of nitric oxide in women with obesity.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu12061649","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,3]],"date-time":"2020-06-03T04:12:09Z","timestamp":1591157529000},"page":"1649","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["The Effect of Low-Carbohydrate Diet on Macrovascular and Microvascular Endothelial Function Is Not Affected by the Provision of Caloric Restriction in Women with Obesity: A Randomized Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2713-4802","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chueh-Lung","family":"Hwang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Christine","family":"Ranieri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mary R.","family":"Szczurek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Assem M.","family":"Ellythy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ahmed","family":"Elokda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL 33965, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0295-6706","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Abeer M.","family":"Mahmoud","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA"},{"name":"Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shane A.","family":"Phillips","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"(2017). 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