Table 3.

Mean Adjusted Cardiovascular Reactivity Scores as a Function of Age Group, Test Phase, and Phase 1 Task Difficulty

	Age group and task difficulty
	Young adults				Old adults
	Low		High		Low		High
	M	SE	M	SE	M	SE	M	SE
Systolic blood pressure
Phase 1	8.4	1.8	9.2	1.5	12.1	1.7	21.6	1.5
Phase 2	21.0	2.5	17.6	2.2	25.7	2.5	31.2	2.2
Diastolic blood pressure
Phase 1	5.3	0.8	6.4	0.7	5.3	0.7	8.4	0.7
Phase 2	11.7	1.2	11.2	1.0	11.4	1.1	12.0	1.1
Heart rate
Phase 1	2.1	0.8	6.6	0.7	2.7	0.8	3.1	0.8
Phase 2	10.8	1.5	13.2	1.4	7.8	1.5	6.7	1.4