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. 2014 Apr 12;20:601–607. doi: 10.12659/MSM.890367

Table 2.

Effect of smoking on vascular status, SpO2 and stress.

Variables Non-smoking group (n=37) p Smoking group (n=29) p Pre-test – Post-test p
Pre test M ±SD Post test M ±SD Pre test M ±SD Post test M ±SD Non-smoking M ±SD Smoking M ±SD
BVOP −70.00±11.10 −71.79±18.63 .481 −69.43±13.04 −61.27±16.02 .001 1.79±15.30 −8.16±12.11 .004
BVT −17.56±13.41 −15.16±7.90 .273 −23.17±12.68 −24.15±13.13 .710 −2.39±13.07 0.98±13.98 .317
RBV −39.45±13.62 −36.35±12.41 .074 −38.77±15.76 −45.76±12.77 .012 −3.10±10.24 6.99±13.99 .001
BVAL 3.49±1.02 3.32±1.08 .394 3.79±1.32 4.72±1.79 .001 0.16±1.14 −0.93±1.41 .001
SpO2 96.93±1.41 97.20±0.93 .223 96.75±1.29 96.95±1.00 .297 −0.22±1.06 −0.14±.69 .732
Resistance of stress 107.30±49.70 109.46±50.88 .672 126.55±53.74 130.00±53.18 .326 −2.16±30.83 −3.45±18.57 .844
Stress score 74.32±17.09 73.24±10.02 .720 72.76±20.51 73.45±20.05 .326 1.08±18.22 −0.69±3.71 .609

BVOP – blood vessel output power; BVT – blood vessel tensionl; RBV – remained blood volume; BVAL – blood vessel aging level; SpO2 – saturation of partial pressure arterial oxygen.