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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 25.
Published in final edited form as: Nutrition. 2013 Jun 28;29(9):1122–1126. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2013.02.016

Table 3. Changes in heart rate and arterial pressure after beer, dealcoholized beer and vodka consumption from fasting (0 h) at 1h and 2 h.

Beer Dealc.beer Vodka Meal effect* Time effect** Meal × time effect*
Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI
Mean arterial pressure (mm Hg)
Fasting (0 h) 83.2 79.8, 86.7 82.1 79.1, 85.1 83.9 80.6, 87.2
Δ (1 h – 0 h) -3.8 -7.0, -0.6 -2.0 -4.0, 0.02 -1.7 -3.5, 0.03 NS P <0.001 NS
Δ (2 h - 0 h) -3.3 -6.4, -0.3 -3.7 -6.3, -1.1 -5.0 -8.0, -2.1
Peripheral pulse pressure (mm Hg)
Fasting (0 h) 45.8 42.4, 49.3 47.7 44.3, 51.1 47.6 44.7, 50.4
Δ (1 h – 0 h) 3.1 0.4, 5.7 2.75 -0.5, 6.0 0.4 -2.5, 3.4 NS P = 0.060 NS
Δ (2 h - 0 h) 3.2 0.4, 5.9 0.2 -2.6, 3.0 0.8 -1.9, 3.5
Central pulse pressure (mm Hg)
Fasting (0 h) 30.0 27.5, 32.5 30.7 28.5, 33.0 31.0 28.9, 33.1
Δ (1 h – 0 h) -0.0 -1.6, 1.5 0.5 -1.6, 2.5 -1.4 -3.4, 0.7 NS NS NS
Δ (2 h - 0 h) -0.3 -2.4, 1.8 -0.5 -2.3, 1.4 -1.4 -3.4, 0.6
Pulse pressure amplification (%)
Fasting (0 h) 1.5 1.5, 1.6 1.6 1.5, 1.6 1.5 1.5, 1.6
Δ (1 h – 0 h) 0.1 0.04, 0.15 0.1 0.03, 0.1 0.08 0.04, 0.12 P = 0.059 P <0.001 P = 0.055
Δ (2 h - 0 h) 0.1 0.1, 0.2 0.03 0.00, 0.06 0.1 0.06, 0.14
Heart rate (bpm)
Fasting (0 h) 60.0 55.7, 64.3 57.9 54.7, 61.1 57.3 52.5, 62.1
Δ (1 h – 0 h) 1.3 -1.2, 3.8 2.0 -0.8, 4.8 1.6 -0.2, 3.3 NS P = 0.035 P = 0.064
Δ (2 h - 0 h) 2.2 0.5, 3.8 -0.3 -2.3, 1.8 1.6 -0.1, 3.3
*

Repeated measures ANOVA of the changes at 1 h and 2 h from fasting (0 h).

**

Repeated measures ANOVA of the absolute values at 0 h, 1 h and 2 h (for time changes).