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. 2023 Nov 29;9(12):e23121. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23121

Table 3.

Cardiovascular variables during baseline and CPT/PLCB.



RA
N2O
Baseline CPT/PLCB Baseline CPT/PLCB
SBP, mmHg CPT[1st] 117.3 ± 10.8 135.8 ± 16.2* 114.3 ± 8.1 129.5 ± 12.2*$
CPT + CC 119.4 ± 12.3 135.6 ± 17.8* 117.1 ± 10.2 137.8 ± 14.9*
PLCB + CC 119.0 ± 13.4 121.9 ± 11.9 119.4 ± 9.6 124.1 ± 13.1
DBP, mmHg CPT[1st] 73.2 ± 9.3 88.7 ± 10.6* 71.4 ± 4.9 86.3 ± 12.1*
CPT + CC 78.0 ± 8.0 91.3 ± 12.5* 74.3 ± 5.3 90.3 ± 11.3*
PLCB + CC 74.9 ± 6.2 75.0 ± 7.6 75.1 ± 4.9 76.8 ± 8.4
HR, bpm CPT[1st] 65.5 ± 9.1 71.6 ± 12.1 64.7 ± 10.8 62.5 ± 18.2$
CPT + CC 64.4 ± 7.6 71.0 ± 12.1 58.8 ± 18.9 70.4 ± 8.8
PLCB + CC 63.7 ± 8.4 63.4 ± 8.6 62.7 ± 10.9 61.1 ± 10.1
SpO2,
%
CPT[1st] 98.8 ± 1.1 99.1 ± 0.9 99.5 ± 0.6 99.7 ± 0.6$
CPT + CC 98.5 ± 1.1 99.1 ± 0.9 99.8 ± 0.4 99.9 ± 0.3$
PLCB + CC 98.5 ± 1.0 98.7 ± 0.9 99.8 ± 0.4 99.8 ± 0.4$
β-stiffness, a.u. CPT[1st] 1.9 ± 1.6 5.7 ± 8.0* 1.3 ± 0.5 2.8 ± 1.4*
CPT + CC 3.0 ± 4.9 7.2 ± 9.1* 1.2 ± 0.3 2.0 ± 0.8*$
PLCB + CC 2.4 ± 3.2 2.9 ± 4.2 1.5 ± 0.7 1.4 ± 1.1

Values are mean ± S.D. SBP indicates systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HR, heart rate; SpO2, percutaneous oxygen saturation; CPT, cold pressor test; PLCB, placebo test; CC, central command. Each variable was compared between conditions under RA and N2O and between baseline and CPT/PLCB using two-way repeated ANOVA (n = 15). *, vs baseline at p < 0.05; $, vs RA at p < 0.05 by post-hoc test (Tukey test).