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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Dec 10.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Auton Res. 2008 Aug 22;18(6):331–338. doi: 10.1007/s10286-008-0490-z

Table 3.

Hemodynamic parameters during baseline and head up tilt

Controls Diabetes Hypertension Stroke Groups&side
BASELINE
BFV MCAR (cm/s) 54.4±15.1 46.3±16.5 60±15.4 52.2±17 0.19
BFV MCAL (cm/s) 55.6±13.7 49.9±15.7 55.9±16.5 51.2±22
Heart rate (bpm) 64.8±8.3*** 69.8±17.4 70.5±9.6 73.1±12.4 0.0008
SBP (mm Hg) 121±14*** 130±19 148±14 135±14 <0.0001
DBP (mm Hg) 65.96+10.1*** 64.9+10* 82.4+16.9 73.7+14.2 <0.0001
CVR MCAR (mm Hg/cm/s) 1.7±0.6** 2.2±0.9 1.9±0.6 2.1±0.9 0.0034
CVR MCAL (mm Hg/cm/s) 1.6±0.4*** 1.9±0.6 2.0±0.7 2.2±0.9
PI MCAR (cm/s) 0.7±0.1* 0.7±0.2 0.8±0.2 0.8±0.2 0.0005
PI MCAL (cm/s) 0.7±0.1** 0.7±0.1 0.8±0.2 0.9±0.3
Baseline EtCO2 (mm Hg) 37.3±7.7 34.9±5.6 36.6±6.5 35.9±3.8 0.33
TILT
BFV MCAR (cm/s) 48.4±14.0 44.7±14.0 55.6±18.1 50.1±17.9 0.41
BFV MCAL (cm/s) 49.5±12.0 46.9±12.8 52.5±16.9 49.3±21.6
HR (bpm) 77.4±10.8 80.0±12.7 75.2±12.2 80.9±12.9 0.02
SBP (mm Hg) 122±17.0*** 131±15.3 156±14.0 142±16.7 <0.0001
DBP (mm Hg) 73.2±11.0*** 73.5±12.1 89.2±19.4 83.4±18.7 <0.0001
CVR MCAR (mm Hg/cm/s) 1.6±0.0.6** 1.9±0.8 1.8±0.0.7 1.9±0.9 0.0096
CVR MCAL (mm Hg/cm/s) 1.5±0.4*** 1.7±0.0.7 1.9±0.0.7 1.8±0.0.7
PI MCAR (cm/s) 0.7±0.2 0.7±0.3 0.8±0.2 0.9±0.6 0.01
PI MCAL (cm/s) 0.7±0.2 0.8±0.2 0.8±0.2 0.8±0.2
Baseline EtCO2 32.1±4.3 32.4±4.3 34.0±4.5 33.3±3.3 0.1

Values are expressed as percentages or mean ± SD, model was adjusted for age and sex, MANOVA used for paired variables

•indicates values that were significantly different in control group compared to other groups

*

p<0.05

**

p<0.01

***

p<0.0001

•CVR tilt was adjusted for position