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. 2016 Dec 27;7:648. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00648

Table 6.

Blood pressure measures before, during and after the flight on the experimental day and at matched times on the control day.

Time Control day Experimental day Magnitude of changes between days
%Δ; ± 90% CL ES
SBP (mmHg) 2-h before 106±4 109±6 2.33;±7.74 0.43
1-h before 106±5 110±5a 4.05;±8.04 0.75
Flight 107±4 113±8a 6.10;±7.09 0.99
1-h after 106±4 110±7a 4.21;±6.71 0.71
2-h after 104±5 109±5a 4.01;±4.43 0.79
DBP (mmHg) 2-h before 69±4 69±4 1.03;±11.05 0.07
1-h before 69±5 70±6 2.45;±12.50 0.21
Flight 67±5 71±7a 7.12;±15.39 0.69
1-h after 66±2 71±5a 6.86;±9.77 1.08
2-h after 65±3 71±5a 10.45;±10.80 1.43
MBP (mmHg) 2-h before 81±4 81±3 0.00;±7.46 0.06
1-h before 81±4 83±5 2.06;±8.90 0.29
Flight 80±4 84±6a 5.65;±10.65 0.77
1-h after 79±2 83±5a 4.82;±7.15 0.92
2-h after 78±3 84±5a 7.54;±7.02 1.31
RPP (mmHg•bpm) 2-h before 8475±1399 9149±1898a 8.96;±19.93 0.41
1-h before 8362±1978 9160±1623a 15.37;±36.66 0.45
Flight 8003±1416 10234±2249a 31.25;±35.90 1.22
1-h after 8097±1924 9221±2313a 16.36;±25.92 0.54
2-h after 7691±1947 9048±2002a 21.32;±25.86 0.70

SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; MBP, mean blood pressure; RPP, rate pressure product; Δ%, percentage difference between days; CL, confidence limits; ES, effect size;

a

, different from control day (p < 0.05).