Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 21.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Physiol. 2015 Oct 14;100(11):1269–1279. doi: 10.1113/EP085340

Figure 2. Effect of chewing, swallowing and stomach distension in familial dysautonomia.

Figure 2

Systolic blood pressure (SBP, top) and heart rate (HR, bottom) at rest and the maximum captured peak value when chewing (left), eating by mouth (middle) and distending the stomach with a gastrostomy feed (right). There was a significant increase in blood pressure and heart rate triggered by chewing and swallowing, but not when distending the stomach. All measurements were taken in the seated position. Individual data are linked by lines. Bars represent average values. Comparisons were made with paired student t-test.