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. 2019 Aug 4;28(2):82–93. doi: 10.1080/10669817.2019.1646985

Table 4.

Estimated effects of technique, time and demographics on heart rate, systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure .

  Heart rate
SBP
DBP
Variable Estimate (SD) p-value* Estimate (SD) p-value* Estimate (SD) p-value*
Treatment            
 AP NTM Ref   Ref   Ref  
 LAT NTM 0.03 (2.49) 0.74 -1.84 (3.22) 0.94 -1.08 (2.21) 0.92
Time            
 Baseline Ref   Ref   Ref  
 During -0.09 (0.69) 0.89 -1.94 (0.70) 0.007 -0.82 (0.51) 0.11
 Post 0.27 (0.69) 0.68 -0.37 (0.70) 0.59 -0.33 (0.51) 0.51
Gender            
 Female Ref   Ref   Ref  
 Male -5.62 (2.62) 0.03 14.54 (3.39) <0.001 1.08 (2.32) 0.51
Age 0.07 (0.14) 0.33 −0.06 (0.18 0.78 0.04 (0.12) 0.42
BMI 0.35 (0.24) 0.16 0.60 (0.31) 0.06 0.35 (0.21) 0.11

(Abbreviation: AP = anterior to posterior non-thrust manipulation (NTM). LAT = lateral glide NTM. Ref = Reference category. SBP = Systolic blood pressure. DBP = Diastolic blood pressure. SD = standard deviation. BMI = Body mass index.)

*p-value by mixed-effect model for repeated measures analysis adjusted for age, gender and BMI.