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Published in final edited form as: Brain Behav Immun. 2010 Oct 1;25(2):232–238. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2010.09.024

Table 1.

Mean Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, Negative Affect Scores, and IL-6 Levels at Baseline, Task, and 30-Minute Post-Task Intervals

	Baseline	Task	30 Min Post-task
Systolic Blood Pressure (mm Hg)^a,^b	112.0 (14.0)	131.3(18.6)	114.9(14.6)
Diastolic Blood Pressure (mm Hg)^a,^b	71.1(9.3)	80.6(10.6)	71.9(8.9)
Heart Rate (bpm)^a,^b	60.3(7.4)	69.0(11.5)	60.5(8.0)
Anxiety^a,^b	1.06(1.6)	5.06(4.3)	1.46(2.0)
Anger^a,^b	.10(.5)	1.36(2.1)	.23(.7)
Depression^a,^b	.32(.9)	.64(1.1)	.35(.8)
IL-6 (pg/ml)^b	1.22(.61)	1.20(.6)	1.26(.6)

Difference significant at p < .05 for Baseline to Task

Difference significant at p < .05 for Task to 30 Min. Post-task