Table 1.
Systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, noradrenaline, adrenaline, dopamine, platelet-serotonin, and free serotonin blood values, at 0′ (resting), 1′ (orthostasis) and 5′ (post-exercise) in 22 patients with anorexia nervosa and their controls
| 0 minutes | 1 minutes | 5 minutes |
P values |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0′ vs 1′ | 0′ vs 5′ | 1′ vs 5′ | |||||
| SBP | – AN | 152 ± 5 | 158 ± 3 | 171 ± 6 | 0.05* | <0.02* | <0.02* |
| – C | 123 ± 5 | 124 ± 6 | 123 ± 2 | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | |
| DBP | – AN | 60 ± 3 | 60 ± 2 | 61 ± 3 | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. |
| – C | 80 ± 4 | 77 ± 1 | 75 ± 3 | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | |
| HR | – AN | 71 ± 3 | 79 ± 4 | 83 ± 6 | <0.02** | <0.01** | <0.001** |
| – C | 66 ± 2 | 67 ± 2 | 70 ± 4 | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | |
| NA | – AN | 166 ± 4 | 169 ± 5 | 175 ± 5 | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. |
| – C | 178 ± 2 | 202 ± 4 | 223 ± 5 | <0.05* | <0.01** | <0.01** | |
| AD | – AN | 52 ± 2 | 67 ± 3 | 84 ± 4 | <05* | <0.001*** | <0.001*** |
| – C | 29 ± 1 | 32 ± 2 | 30 ± 2 | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | |
| DA | – AN | 18 ± 1 | 21 ± 2 | 23 ± 2 | n.s. | n.s. | <0.05* |
| – C | 17 ± 2 | 18 ± 2 | 19 ± 3 | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | |
| p5-HT | – AN | 228 ± 19 | 249 ± 22 | 225 ± 25 | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. |
| – C | 282 ± 21 | 292 ± 25 | 276 ± 30 | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | |
| f5-HT | – AN | 3.2 ± 1 | 13.7 ± 1 | 24.5 ± 2 | <0.001*** | <0.001*** | <0.001*** |
| – C | 2.99 ± 1 | 1.8 ± 1 | 3.3 ± 1 | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | |
Notes: Results are expressed as mean ± SEM.
*
P < 0.05;
**
P < 0.02,
***
P < 0.001. Most decimals were omitted.
Abbreviations: AD, adrenaline (in pg/mL); AN, anorexia nervosa; C, controls; DA, dopamine (in pg/mL); SBP, systolic blood pressure (in mmHg); DBP, diastolic blood pressure (in mmHg); HR, heart rate (in beats/minute) p5-HT, platelet serotonin (in ng/mL); f5-HT, free serotonin (in ng/mL); NA, noradrenaline (pg/mL); n.s., non significant; SEM, standard error of measurement.