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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychol. 2007 Oct 13;77(2):191–196. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2007.10.006

Table 1.

Unadjusted Mean (SD) Blood Pressures and Demographics of the Hypertensive and Normotensive Groups as well as the Statistical Significance Level of the Group Effects

Variable Blood Pressure Group Group Effect
Hypertensive Normotensive p
Ambulatory (Daytime)
   Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) 149.5 (8.8) 128.0 (9.4) .001
   Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) 94.2 (9.1) 78.7 (7.3) .001
Laboratory (Resting)
   Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) 147.5 (13.1) 123.6 (16.0) .001
   Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) 88.5 (10.4) 74.6 (10.3) .001
   Heart Rate (bpm) 77.0 (11.9) 73.4 (7.6) .17
Sex .27
   Male 21 12
   Female 14 16
Height (m) 1.72 (0.10) 1.69 (0.09) .28
Weight (kg) 77.1 (12.7) 75.2 (14.8) .59
Body Mass Index (kg/m2) 26.1 (3.4) 26.2 (4.3) .88
Age (years) 46.6 (13.7) 38.0 (13.3) .05