Fig 3.
Hemodynamic parameters in 13 salt resistant (SR, open columns) and 8 salt sensitive (SS, black columns) normotensive volunteers. Data after the second day of the experiment are presented first, to emphasize that there were no hemodynamic differences between the groups after salt depletion. MAP, mean arterial pressure at the time of the echocardiograms; CO, cardiac output; TPR, total peripheral resistance; E/e’, the ratio between the E velocity of mitral inflow and the tissue Doppler e annular velocity; LoNa, the day of salt depletion; HiNa, the day of salt loading. Statistics given within the black columns are for the comparison of each parameter between SS and SR on the same day. Statistics given in the small brackets between columns are for the paired deltas of the parameters between LoNa and HiNa days, either within the SR or within the SS groups. Statistics given in the large brackets between pairs of columns are for the unpaired differences between the deltas in the SR and SS groups. ns, not significant.
