Table 2.

Central blood pressure and pulse wave analysis variables at baseline and 2.5 h following ingestion of nitrate-depleted or nitrate-rich beetroot juice in the morning, afternoon, and evening

	PL-MORN	BR-MORN	PL-AFT	BR-AFT	PL-EVE	BR-EVE
SBP (mmHg)
Baseline	100 ± 6	100 ± 7	99 ± 6	101 ± 5	100 ± 6	101 ± 7
2.5 h	100 ± 8	97 ± 6*	100 ± 6	98 ± 6*	99 ± 6	99 ± 7*
DBP (mmHg)
Baseline	69 ± 6	70 ± 7	69 ± 5	71 ± 5	69 ± 6	69 ± 5
2.5 h	71 ± 6	69 ± 6	70 ± 6	68 ± 5	71 ± 7	70 ± 7
AP (mmHg)
Baseline	– 3 ± 3	– 2 ± 4	– 2 ± 3	– 2 ± 3	– 3 ± 2	– 1 ± 4
2.5 h	– 1 ± 4	– 3 ± 3	– 1 ± 4	– 3 ± 3*	– 3 ± 2	– 4 ± 2
AI (%)
Baseline	– 10 ± 8	– 7 ± 13	– 8 ± 9	– 7 ± 10	– 10 ± 7	– 5 ± 11
2.5 h	– 6 ± 12	– 13 ± 9	– 4 ± 13	– 11 ± 10	– 11 ± 7	– 12 ± 7
AI@HR75 (%)
Baseline	– 17 ± 9	– 14 ± 12	– 15 ± 9	– 15 ± 10	– 17 ± 9	– 12 ± 12
2.5 h	– 16 ± 11	– 20 ± 8	– 14 ± 12	– 20 ± 9	– 19 ± 7	– 20 ± 8

Central systolic blood pressure (SBP), central diastolic blood pressure (DBP), augmentation pressure (AP), augmentation index (AI) and augmentation index normalised to heart rate (AI@HR75) at baseline and 2.5 h following ingestion of nitrate-depleted or nitrate-rich beetroot juice in the morning (PL-MORN and BR-MORN), afternoon (PL-AFT and BR-AFT) and evening (PL-EVE and BR-EVE). Data are presented for n = 11 as group mean ± SD

*Denotes lower than baseline (P < 0.050)