Table 3. Does systolic blood pressure vary to the same degree as diastolic blood pressure?

Review (1+2)	Unconfounded baseline plus end of treatment values in treatment and control groups
SD of SBP±SE mmHg ∧	14.0±0.4 (n = 88)
SD of DBP±SE mmHg	7.7+0.3 (n = 52)
CV of SBP±SE % ∧∧	9.2±0.2 (n = 88)
CV of DBP±SE %	8.3+0.4 (n = 52)

SD = Standard Deviation; SE = Standard Error; SBP = Systolic Blood Pressure; DBP = Diastolic Blood Pressure; CV = Coefficient of Variation; n = number of observations.

^∧p<0.0001 unpaired t test SD of SBP versus DBP.

^∧∧p = 0.04 unpaired t test CV of SBP versus DBP.