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. 2017 Jun 4;18(1):29–33. doi: 10.1016/j.tjem.2017.05.001

Table 3.

Relations between GTX levels in patients' blood and urine and in honeys consumed and systolic blood pressure and heart rate.

SBP ≤90 mmHg Mean ± SD (n = 18) SBP>90 mmHg Mean ± SD (n = 7) p value HR < 50 Mean ± SD (n = 20) HR = 50 Mean ± SD (n = 5) p value
GTX-I B (ng/mL) 5.84 ± 5.88 2.18 ± 3.82 0.143 5.63 ± 5.92 1.56 ± 1.72 0.147
GTX-III B (ng/mL) 8.05 ± 8.48 2.73 ± 7.23 0.158 1.56 ± 1.72
GTX-I U (μg/mL) 0.03 ± 0.03 0.03 ± 0.04 0.684 0.04 ± 0.04 0.01 ± 0.01 0.243
GTX-III U (μg/mL) 0.47 ± 0.49 0.17 ± 0.26 0.153 0.47 ± 0.47 0.04 ± 0.04 0.056
GTX-I H (μg/gr) 10.22 ± 6.06 4.88 ± 4.08 0.044 9.48 ± 6.28 5.72 ± 3.88 0.219
GTX-III H (μg/gr) 30.6 ± 18.14 19.87 ± 20.27 0.211 30.3 ± 19.92 16.7 ± 9.47 0.156

GTX:Grayanotoxin, B:Blood, U:Urine, H:Honey, SD:Standard Deviation, SBP:Systolic Blood Pressure, HR:Heart Rate.