TABLE 2.

Adjusted short- and long-term changes in blood pressure produced by removal of carotid body tumors

Pt ID#	ΔSBPst (mmHg)	ΔSBPlt (mmHg/yr)	ΔDBPst (mmHg)	ΔDBPlt (mmHg/yr)	ΔPPst (mmHg)	ΔPPlt (mmHg/yr)
1	−31.7	−8.8	−5.8	−2.9	−26.0	−6.0
2	5.2	0.6	1.1	4.4	4.0	−3.4
3	11.8	11.0	1.6	−0.1	10.3	10.9
4	7.1	6.0	4.7	0.1	2.4	6.4
5	−16.0	−2.0	−19.4	−12.8	3.2	12.7
6	−6.6	−0.1	−1.0	−2.1	−5.6	1.6
7	−25.6	−2.1	−15.6	−1.6	−10.0	−1.0
8	−17.2	−23.6	−2.8	−2.9	−13.9	−22.8
9	−0.1	−3.3	1.6	−6.1	−1.7	2.3
10	−20.6	−30.9	−0.7	−9.2	−19.8	−21.1
11	−2.0	−8.4	−2.7	−13.9	0.6	3.9
12	2.6	−3.9	19.0	3.4	−16.3	−7.7
13	−7.7	−21.9	−9.4	−22.0	1.7	1.0
14	−27.3	0.0	−12.8	−4.0	−14.6	3.8
15	−20.8	−16.5	−4.9	−8.6	−15.9	−7.2
16	−10.1	−6.0	21.0	−5.7	−31.2	−1.3
17	−19.9	−12.5	−11.1	−2.5	−8.8	−9.0
18	0.2	39.0	1.5	10.7	−1.4	29.2

Short-term changes in systolic (ΔSBPst), diastolic (ΔDBPst) and pulse (ΔPPst) pressures are those from baseline to the first reading after 30 days from the surgical procedure. Long-term changes are the yearly changes in SBPlt, DBPlt and PPlt derived from the slopes of the regressions of these BPs over time for the entire period of study in each patient. Data are adjusted by the covariate analyses described in Methods.