Table 3.

Pre-test cardiovascular measurements.

Characteristic	Male	Female	Total	p-value
All results are presented as mean value ± standard deviation * p-value < 0.05 when males and females are compared using Student's t-test.
No. of subjects	15	15	30
Age (yr)	20.9±0.6	20.8±0.5	20.8±0.6	0.459
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	119.4±11.6	106.3±10.4	112.9±12.8	<0.001*
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	69.0±9.9	65.4±8.7	67.2±9.5	0.011*
Heart rate (b/min)	72.9±10.2	82.8±11.6	77.9±11.9	<0.001*