Table 2.
Number of Individuals in the Different BP Categories After Fasting and Subsequent Food Reintroduction, Reflecting the BP Normalization Divided According to the Fasting Lengths of 5±2, 10±2, and 15±2 and More Days
| Variable | Hypertensive | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonmedicated (n=313) | Medicated (n=377) | |||||
| 5 | 10 | ≥15 | 5 | 10 | ≥15 | |
| (n=75) | (n=159) | (n=79) | (n=116) | (n=178) | (n=83) | |
| BP after fasting, n (%) | ||||||
| Normalized | 42 (56) | 98 (62) | 50 (63) | 78 (67) | 126 (71) | 61 (73) |
| Hypertensive | 33 (44) | 61 (38) | 29 (37) | 37 (32) | 52 (29) | 22 (27) |
| BP after food reintroduction, n (%) | ||||||
| Normalized | 43 (57) | 93 (58) | 56 (71) | 80 (69) | 120 (67) | 59 (71) |
| Hypertensive | 24 (32) | 49 (31) | 17 (22) | 33 (28) | 51 (29) | 23 (28) |
| Missing | 8 (10.7) | 17 (10.7) | 6 (7.6) | 3 (2.6) | 7 (3.9) | 1 (1.2) |
BP indicates blood pressure.