Table 3.

Trend of heart rate, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure in the two groups

Time interval	Heart rate (beats/min)			SBP (mmHg)			DBP (mmHg)
	Group P	Group E	P	Group P	Group E	P	Group P	Group E	P
Baseline (T0)	86.27±14.12	86.37±13.43	0.978	128.40±24.77	130.40±24.99	0.757	74.60±11.75	77.07±9.99	0.385
Just after induction (T1)	79.40±12.88	79.37±11.69	0.992	105.73±18.32	108.27±20.41	0.615	68.13±10.50	71.53±8.94	0.182
Just before ECT (T2)	78.67±12.44	80.33±12.14	0.601	101.33±17.02	109.27±21.01	0.114	67.90±10.06	71.40±9.40	0.169
1 min after ECT (T3)	94.57±12.25	107.7±13.79	<0.001*	131.20±22.32	145.73±20.37	0.011*	83.37±11.87	93.23±11.70	0.002*
2 min after ECT (T4)	97.53±12.49	111.9±14.10	<0.001*	135.00±23.35	148.80±21.66	0.021*	85.93±11.96	96.40±11.86	<0.001*
3 min after ECT (T5)	93.47±12.23	106.4±13.28	<0.001*	128.60±21.94	144.20±20.65	0.006*	79.80±10.78	90.90±10.41	<0.001*
5 min after ECT (T6)	88.77±11.57	99.10±12.63	<0.001*	124.27±21.44	136.93±19.89	0.021*	75.33±10.98	84.50±10.29	<0.001*
10 min after ECT (T7)	85.93±11.49	91.90±11.41	0.048*	119.78±21.14	132.20±19.70	0.022*	73.07±10.91	80.27±9.77	0.009*
15 min after ECT (T8)	84.37±11.85	87.70±11.59	0.275	119.13±21.40	133.53±23.04	0.015*	73.00±11.58	78.73±9.32	0.039*
30 min after ECT (T9)	85.27±12.16	88.93±12.09	0.246	125.20±22.88	135.87±23.96	0.083	73.57±11.54	80.17±9.91	0.021*

All variables are expressed as mean±SD. Group P received propofol and Group E received etomidate for induction. *P<0.05 is considered statistically significant. SBP=Systolic blood pressure, DBP=Diastolic blood pressure, SD=Standard deviation, ECT=Electroconvulsive therapy