Table 1. Blood pressure measurements in the four treatment groups.
| Time (minute) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HwTw | |||||||||||
| CCA | 106.1 ± 36.7 | 109.2 ± 14.0 | 111.2 ± 16.0 | 111.3 ± 21.7 | 110.8 ± 20.4 | 109.0 ± 19.4 | 106.2 ± 20.8 | 103.3 ± 22.1 | 92.5 ± 21.4 | 100.3 ± 19.9 | 106.7 ± 19 |
| CVA | 91.4 ± 10.2 | 96.9 ± 12.9 | 98.8 ± 16.0 | 99.9 ± 22.5 | 101.2 ± 20.1 | 100.7 ± 18.4 | 97.2 ± 18.6 | 92.4 ± 20.5 | 90.5 ± 18.3 | 90.1 ± 17.8 | 95.89 ± 18 |
| Difference | 14.1 ± 8.8 | 12.3 ± 8.7 | 12.4 ± 7.6 | 11.5 ± 6.0 | 9.7 ± 7.1 | 8.3 ± 7.3 | 9.0 ± 7.5 | 10.9 ± 6.4 | 9.6 ± 7.0 | 10.2 ± 7.4 | 10.8 ± 7.4 |
| HcTw | |||||||||||
| CCA | 101.3 ± 14.3 | 100.3 ± 13.5 | 102.1 ± 12.3 | 100.7 ± 12.5 | 100.1 ± 11.0 | 98.7 ± 10.7 | 99.3 ± 9.7 | 98.5 ± 12.4 | 100.6 ± 10.4 | 100.2 ± 8.6 | 100.2 ± 11.5 |
| CVA | 90.1 ± 10.7 | 89.0 ± 9.7 | 91.6 ± 6.5 | 89.0 ± 6.3 | 87.4 ± 6.5 | 84.8 ± 9.0 | 84.2 ± 10.5 | 80.2 ± 12.9 | 80.8 ± 16.1 | 83.1 ± 17.4 | 86.1 ± 11.4 |
| Difference | 11.3 ± 9.4 | 11.3 ± 9.4 | 10.5 ± 8.3 | 11.7 ± 8.6 | 12.7 ± 10.9 | 13.9 ± 12.8 | 15.1 ± 15.6 | 18.3 ± 17.0 | 19.8 ± 22.7 | 17.0 ± 17.3 | 14.0 ± 13.7 |
| HwTc | |||||||||||
| CCA | 102.7 ± 12.8 | 102.9 ± 11.8 | 102.1 ± 12.1 | 99.4 ± 14.3 | 96.7 ± 14.8 | 94.9 ± 14.5 | 95.2 ± 13.5 | 95.6 ± 13.1 | 94.9 ± 14.0 | 93.9 ± 12.9 | 97.9 ± 13.5 |
| CVA | 83.6 ± 18.0 | 84.3 ± 16.9 | 82.2 ± 15.8 | 75.0 ± 21.0 | 69.2 ± 18.9 | 66.4 ± 18.4 | 66.5 ± 18.7 | 69.3 ± 16.6 | 67.4 ± 16.8 | 70.2 ± 14.4 | 73.6 ± 18.7 |
| Difference | 19.1 ± 15.3 | 17.7 ± 14.6 | 19.3 ± 16.5 | 28.1 ± 26.2 | 27.6 ± 21.0 | 28.6 ± 20.7 | 28.7 ± 21.3 | 25.1 ± 16.7 | 26.4 ± 16.0 | 33.1 ± 29.6 | 25.2 ± 20.2 |
| Bleeding | |||||||||||
| CCA | 90.2 ± 17.2 | 83.4 ± 16.2 | 84.0 ± 16.6 | 90.3 ± 21.0 | 87.5 ± 17.9 | 85.5 ± 16.9 | 83.5 ± 15.6 | 88.9 ± 25.0 | 88.1 ± 22.3 | 86.4 ± 25.9 | 86.7 ± 19.3 |
| CVA | 60.6 ± 16.4 | 57.5 ± 11.0 | 58.7 ± 15.2 | 67.1 ± 25.0 | 65.7 ± 21.5 | 62.7 ± 19.0 | 61.8 ± 19.6 | 67.1 ± 28.5 | 68.3 ± 27.1 | 65.2 ± 28.8 | 63.4 ± 21.3 |
| Difference | 29.1 ± 24.1 | 18.5 ± 10.8 | 21.6 ± 14.4 | 21.2 ± 11.0 | 21.6 ± 9.8 | 22.8 ± 9.7 | 21.1 ± 11.8 | 24.9 ± 15.5 | 22.3 ± 13.1 | 25.0 ± 13.2 | 22.9 ± 13.8 |
The table shows the actual time course values obtained in the HwTw (both head and tail kept warm), HcTw (head cool, tail warm), HwTc (head warm, tail cool), and bleeding groups with the mean±SD (mmHg). The HwTw group exhibited the least variation in blood pressure among the groups.