Table 1.
Patients characteristics, use of anticoagulant or antiplatelet therapy and mean values of systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure at arrival in the ED (t0) and 30 min after the otorhinolaryngology visit (t30). ACT = anticoagulant treatment: APT = antiplatelet treatment
| Group A | Group B | χ2 test | t-Student | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | |||
| Age | 67,3 | 15,4 | 58,9 | 16,7 | p < 0,05 | |||
| Sex | 74 | 83 | p = 0,231 | |||||
| 27 | 43 | |||||||
|
HYPERTENSION (No/Yes) |
37 | 61 | p = 0,066 | |||||
| 65 | 65 | |||||||
| SBP-0 mmHg | 144,6 | 21,8 | 138,1 | 20,4 | p < 0,05 | |||
| DBP-0 mmHg | 84,7 | 14,1 | 83,3 | 11,9 | p > 0,05 | |||
| SBP-30 mmHg | 137,1 | 20,9 | 132,7 | 17,5 | p > 0,05 | |||
| DBP-30 mmHg | 81,8 | 14,6 | 81,6 | 11,6 | p > 0,05 | |||
| SBP variation mmHg | 7,5 | 11 | 5,4 | 4,6 | p > 0,05 | |||
| DBP variation mmHg | 2,9 | 9,2 | 1,8 | 1,4 | p > 0,05 | |||
| ACT and APT N | 8 | 3 | p < 0,05 | |||||
| ACT | 14 | 5 | p < 0,05 | |||||
| APT | 26 | 20 | p < 0,05 | |||||