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. 2015 Jan 12;5:526. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00526

Table 3.

Univariate determinants of acute post-exercise change in blood pressure and training-induced change in resting blood pressure at the baseline.

ΔSBPPostEx ΔDBPPostEx ΔSBPTraining ΔDBPTraining
Male gender 0.20* 0.07 0.17 −0.07
Age −0.01 0.12 −0.18 −0.03
Body mass index 0.19* 0.16 0.08 −0.14
Waist-hip ratio 0.05 0.03 0.07 −0.14
Hypertension −0.09 −0.05 −0.09 −0.06
Current smoking −0.12 −0.06 0.10 −0.05
CCS class ≥ 2 0.01 0.04 0.13 −0.01
T2D 0.20* 0.20* 0.11 −0.04
History of myocardial infarction 0.08 0.20* 0.07 0.12
History of PCI or CABG 0.08 0.10 0.09 0.10
LVEF 0.00 −0.03 0.05 0.12
LVMI 0.06 0.07 0.09 −0.14
E/E′ −0.04 −0.07 0.04 −0.00
Syntax score −0.01 −0.02 −0.08 −0.30**
MEDICATION
Oral antidiabetics 0.17 0.19* 0.07 0.01
Insulin −0.04 −0.10 0.13 0.02
Beta blockers 0.09 0.13 0.02 0.12
ACEI or ARB 0.01 −0.02 0.05 0.04
Anticholesterol agents −0.04 0.05 −0.08 0.08
Anticoagulants −0.17 −0.07 −0.09 −0.01
Calcium antagonists 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06
Nitrates 0.15 0.02 0.12 −0.23*
Diuretics −0.11 0.01 −0.01 0.05
LABORATORY ANALYSES
Fasting glucose 0.15 0.12 0.06 −0.07
HbA1c 0.10 0.20* −0.04 −0.02
Insulin 0.02 0.01 0.04 0.05
Total cholesterol −0.17 −0.08 −0.06 −0.06
LDL cholesterol −0.20* −0.09 −0.02 −0.03
HDL cholesterol −0.10 −0.12 0.00 0.06
Triglycerides 0.11 0.21* −0.08 −0.07
hs-CRP 0.04 0.00 0.06 0.08
Creatinine 0.26 0.07 −0.08 −0.16
Albumin −0.01 0.03 −0.13 −0.30**
ACR −0.06 −0.02 −0.15 −0.31**
SUPINE REST
SBP −0.55*** −0.38*** −0.44*** −0.28**
DBP −0.37*** −0.54*** −0.27** −0.55***
HR −0.09 −0.15 −0.10 −0.14
LF −0.12 −0.09 0.01 −0.09
HF −0.07 −0.08 0.09 −0.01
LF/HF-ratio −0.09 −0.09 −0.10 −0.20*
PASSIVE TILT
SBP −0.38*** −0.32** −0.20* −0.17
DBP −0.32** −0.35*** −0.24* −0.30**
HR −0.04 −0.08 −0.07 −0.12
LF −0.23* −0.16 −0.06 −0.07
HF −0.20* −0.08 0.02 0.02
LF/HF-ratio −0.06 −0.20* −0.11 −0.24**
EXERCISE TEST
EC, METs 0.07 −0.13 0.05 −0.08
EC, % −0.03 −0.13 −0.08 −0.07
VO2peak, L·min−1 0.19* −0.01 0.15 −0.12
VO2peak, mL·kg−1·min−1 0.08 −0.12 0.07 −0.08
HRpeak −0.10 −0.23* −0.10 −0.08
SBPpeak −0.06 −0.17 −0.11 −0.13
DBPpeak −0.18 −0.10 −0.22* −0.02
ΔSBPPostEx 0.56*** 0.46*** 0.21*
ΔDBPPostEx 0.56*** 0.15 0.35***

Values are standardized coefficients (β) from univariate linear regression. CCS, Canadian Cardiovascular Society angina classification; T2D, type 2 diabetes; PCI, percutaneus coronary intervention; CABG, coronary artery by-pass grafting; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LVMI, left ventricular mass index; E/E′, ratio of early transmitral flow velocity to early diastolic mitral annulus velocity; ACEI, angiotensin conversion enzymes inhibitor; ARB, angiotensin receptor blocker; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; hs-CRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; ACR, albumin-creatinine ratio; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HR, heart rate; LF, low frequency power of heart rate variability; HF, high frequency power of heart rate variability; EC, exercise capacity; VO2peak, peak oxygen consumption; PostEx, post-exercise.

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01,

***

p < 0.001.