Table 3.
Blood pressure and heart rate responses to supplements across time (mean ± SD).
| Base | 30 | PostEx | 60 | |||||||||
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| PRE | CAF | PLA | PRE | CAF | PLA | PRE | CAF | PLA | PRE | CAF | PLA | |
| Systolic (mmhg) | 122±9# | 121±8# | 122±11# | 124±9# | 124±8# | 122±11# | 133±18*† | 136±16*† | 135±15*† | 124±8*# | 126±10*# | 125±10*# |
| Diastolic (mmhg) | 80±9 | 79±6 | 79±5 | 81±9* | 82±4 | 82±5 | 82±6 | 84±4 | 82±5 | 83±5 | 84±5 | 80±5 |
| Heart rate (bts·min−1) | 90±11 | 87±9 | 89±10 | 88±13 | 92±12 | 90±8 | 94±12 | 94±15 | 94±9 | 93±12 | 92±8 | 92±7 |
| HRV (RMSSD) | 57±30 | 67±38 | 56±30 | 72±34# | 77±34# | 61±27# | 60±27 | 62±30 | 50±22 | 55±32 | 56±30 | 46±19 |
Base = baseline. +30 = 30 minutes post supplementation. PostEx = immediately post exercise. +60 = 60 minutes post supplementation. PRE = multi-ingredient pre-workout supplement. CAF = caffeine supplement. PLA = placebo.
*
denotes significance from Base.
#
denotes significance from PostEx.
†
denotes significance from +30. All p-values are Sidak-adjusted.