Table 2.
Values for salivary alpha-amylase activity, blood pressure, and heart rate in patients in the clear group and patients in the green group.
| Clear Glasses | Green Glasses | p-Value b | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | 25th Percentile | 75th Percentile | p-Value a | Median | 25th Percentile | 75th Percentile | p-Value a | ||
| sAA (U/mL) | |||||||||
| Baseline | 73.0 | 54.3 | 88.0 | <0.001 | 79.5 | 52.0 | 127.3 | 0.362 | 0.143 |
| PIC | 124.0 | 84.8 | 156.8 | 92.5 | 61.8 | 141.5 | 0.025 | ||
| SBP (mmHg) | |||||||||
| Baseline | 128.5 | 118.3 | 139.8 | 0.213 | 135.5 | 125.8 | 148.3 | 0.772 | 0.288 |
| PIC | 129.5 | 120.3 | 155.0 | 133.5 | 117.0 | 154.0 | 0.951 | ||
| DBP (mmHg) | |||||||||
| Baseline | 86.0 | 81.3 | 97.3 | 0.005 | 88.5 | 81.0 | 95.0 | 0.010 | 0.788 |
| PIC | 77.5 | 72.0 | 93.3 | 82.5 | 74.3 | 91.3 | 0.703 | ||
| MBP (mmHg) | |||||||||
| Baseline | 99.0 | 93.1 | 111.0 | 0.248 | 106.3 | 94.5 | 112.8 | 0.095 | 0.477 |
| PIC | 98.5 | 82.5 | 110.8 | 95.8 | 89.3 | 113.8 | 0.710 | ||
| HR (beats/minute) | |||||||||
| Baseline | 81.0 | 76.3 | 91.8 | 0.072 | 80.0 | 69.5 | 91.5 | 0.174 | 0.672 |
| PIC | 74.0 | 69.3 | 88.8 | 77.5 | 69.3 | 89.0 | 0.516 | ||
sAA, salivary alpha-amylase activity; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; MBP, mean blood pressure; HR, heart rate; PIC, peripheral intravenous cannulation; SD, standard deviation. a baseline vs. PIC, Wilcoxon signed-rank test. b Clear glasses group vs. green glasses group, Mann–Whitney U-test.