Table 2.

Blood pressure and heart rate between the placebo and PFJ experiments.

	Placebo	PFJ	P value
SBP (mmHg)
Before consumption
Before the tests	99.57 ± 9.16	100.29 ± 8.67	0.458
After the tests	98.93 ± 6.96	99.64 ± 8.07	0.681
After consumption
Before the tests	100.79 ± 5.75	97.00 ± 5.33**	0.048
After the tests	101.64 ± 5.65	99.00 ± 7.02	0.062
DBP (mmHg)
Before consumption
Before the tests	64.50 ± 6.24	62.79 ± 6.04	0.246
After the tests	62.64 ± 5.17	64.07 ± 6.26	0.132
After consumption
Before the tests	62.50 ± 6.30	59.71 ± 3.20	0.075
After the tests	61.79 ± 5.45	62.50 ± 4.74	0.583
HR (beats/min)
Before consumption
Before the tests	74.79 ± 15.83	75.86 ± 18.08	0.845
After the tests	75.43 ± 13.66	73.71 ± 14.69	0.717
After consumption
Before the tests	80.43 ± 14.62*	75.29 ± 13.15	0.264
After the tests	80.43 ± 12.28*	75.93 ± 11.50	0.270

Data were presented as mean ± standard deviation, n = 14. DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HR, heart rate; PFJ, passion fruit juice; SBP, systolic blood pressure.

*Significantly different from before consumption at P < 0.05.

**Significatly different from the placebo experiment at P < 0.05.