Table 5.
The effects of LGI and HGI foods on SBP and DBP divided by day and night.
| Characteristics | HGI diet | LGI diet | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | At the end | P value | Baseline | At the end | P value | ||
| Day (10 am to 9 pm) |
SBP (mmHg) | 111.80 ± 9.57 | 139.1 ± 10.64 | 0.26 | 112.86 ± 9.33 | 112.43 ± 9.83 | 0.79 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 74.26 ± 10.09 | 76.50 ± 8.43 | 0.16 | 74.46 ± 7.61 | 74.30 ± 8.99 | 0.91 | |
| HR (bpm) | 79.60 ± 12.77 | 77.13 ± 10.13 | 0.28 | 81.03 ± 12.71 | 76.63 ± 11.69 | 0.007 * | |
|
| |||||||
| Night (10 pm to 8 am) |
SBP (mmHg) | 115.9 ± 9.96 | 110.66 ± 9.85 | 0.1 | 112.27 ± 10.62 | 102.26 ± 14.18 | 0.01 * |
| DBP (mmHg) | 74.10 ± 9.80 | 71.16 ± 9.16 | 0.65 | 74.30 ± 8.99 | 66.96 ± 10.39 | 0.02 * | |
| HR (bpm) | 75.40 ± 17.53 | 71.13 ± 13.23 | 0.23 | 81.06 ± 11.87 | 72.23 ± 10.62 | 0.001 * | |
∗ P ≤ 0.05; intragroup comparison of baseline and after intervention (after 24 hours). Results were performed by paired t-test for normally distributed data and by Wilcoxon test for nonnormally distributed data.