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. 2014 Mar 4;14:31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-14-31

Table 6.

Effects of the study drugs on blood pressure (mmHg), HR (bpm) and plasma creatinine (μmol/L)

Parameters
 High BNP group
 Extra-high BNP group
 
 Dobutamine (n = 30)
 rhBNP (n = 28)
 Dobutamine (n = 23)
 rhBNP (n = 23)
  Baseline 5 Days Baseline 5 Days Baseline 5 Days Baseline 5 Days
SBP
 119.3 ± 12.7
 121.3 ± 12.0
 122.9 ± 11.9
 115.4 ± 12.4**
 114.8 ± 11.9
 116.0 ± 12.5
 118.6 ± 13.0
 113.2 ± 13.2**
DBP
 72.4 ± 6.8
 74.3 ± 5.3
 73.5 ± 7.7
 69.6 ± 7.9**
 70.7 ± 6.7
 71.8 ± 6.6
 71.9 ± 6.5
 68.7 ± 6.6**
HR
 77.6 ± 12.5
 80.3 ± 13.1
 81.8 ± 11.1
 83.9 ± 11.5
 83.2 ± 13.9
 85.7 ± 13.0
 82.3 ± 12.4
 84.6 ± 9.3
Cr 84.4 ± 29.8 79.3 ± 20.4 78.5 ± 31.9 80.9 ± 26.3 95.4 ± 24.4 90.3 ± 23.3 98.6 ± 30.1 105.5 ± 32.9

Abbreviations: HR heart rate. Other abbreviations are same as in Table  1 and Table  2. Values are mean ± SD. **P < 0.01 (paired t- test) versus baseline.