Skip to main content
. 2019 Dec 19;7(1):112–120. doi: 10.1002/acn3.50968

Table 2.

Orthostatic vital signs and Questionnaire scores at baseline and 1 month.

  Total Atomoxetine Midodrine P valuea
No. of patients with nOH
Baseline 50 25 25  
1 month 11/42 (26.2) 6/19 (31.6) 5/23 (21.7) 0.470
Orthostatic SBP drop (mmHg)
Baseline 26.3 ± 11.1 25.8 ± 11.7 26.7 ± 10.9 0.761
1 month 14.4 ± 14.9 12.3 ± 12.5 16.2 ± 16.7 0.404
Orthostatic DBP drop (mmHg)
Baseline 13.5 ± 8.5 15.1 ± 9.8 12.1 ± 7.3 0.418
1 month 3.2 ± 9.1 4.4 ± 9.4 2.2 ± 8.9 0.418
Orthostatic HR increase
Baseline 11.8 ± 9.7 11.1 ± 12.8 12.4 ± 6.5 0.849
1 month 7.6 ± 7.0 7.5 ± 8.8* 7.4 ± 5.3 0.425
Supine SBP (mmHg)
Baseline 128.7 ± 18.1 126.4 ± 17.7 130.5 ± 18.7 0.940
1 month 130.4 ± 18.8 128.1 ± 17.4 132.4 ± 20.1 0.830
Supine DBP (mmHg)
Baseline 80.3 ± 11.2 80.5 ± 12.4 80.0 ± 10.5 0.790
1 month 80.1 ± 11.5 80.5 ± 12.2 79.8 ± 11.2 0.830
Supine HR
Baseline 68.4 ± 13.1 72.2 ± 16.8 65.3 ± 8.2 0.235
1 month 77.4 ± 13.4 80.5 ± 15.2 74.9 ± 11.4 0.202
OHQ total
Baseline 40.8 ± 22.6 44.7 ± 23.9 37.5 ± 33.4 0.314
1 month 34.1 ± 21.7 35.0 ± 20.1 33.4 ± 23.4 0.813
OHDAS
Baseline 16.7 ± 10.9 18.2 ± 11.2 15.4 ± 10.7 0.324
1 month 14.1 ± 9.8 14.0 ± 8.3* 14.3 ± 11.1 0.751
OHSA
Baseline 24.1 ± 14.0 26.5 ± 15.7 22.1 ± 12.4 0.390
1 month 20.0 ± 13.3* 21.0 ± 13.6* 19.1 ± 13.2 0.640
BDI
Baseline 20.3 ± 12.6 21.3 ± 15.1 19.4 ± 10.3 0.733
1 month 16.4 ± 11.4 17.1 ± 12.7* 15.9 ± 10.5 0.695

Data are presented as the mean ± SD or number (percentage). nOH, neurogenic orthostatic hypotension; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HR, heart rate; OHQ, OH questionnaire; OHDAS, orthostatic hypotension daily activity scale; OHSA, orthostatic hypotension symptom assessment, BDI, Beck depression inventory.

a

P value from Mann–Whitney U test or chi‐square test.

*P < 0.05, P < 0.01 compared with the baseline, Wilcoxon signed‐rank test.