Table 4.
Diastolic BP changes during the experiment.
| Stage | Time | Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) median (IQR) | Comparison to basal DBP of each group | ||||||
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| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 0 | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 0 | ||
| Basal | T10 | 66 (63–68) | 69 (63–71) | 67 (61–69) | 70 (65–70) | ||||
| CPT1 | T25 | 78.5 (71–85) | 79 (76–82) | 81 (75–88) | 87.5 (82.25–91.75) | <0.001∗ | <0.001∗ | <0.001∗ | <0.001∗ |
| T28 | 69 (65–63) | 77.5 (66–78) | 70 (64–77) | 74.5 (67.25–79.5) | 0.0024∗ | <0.001∗ | 0.0229∗ | <0.001∗ | |
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| AA | T42 | 67 (65–69) | 66 (64–71) | 65.5 (63–69) | 0.8584 | 0.6949 | 0.7713 | ||
| T59 | 65 (63–69) | 67 (65–72) | 63.5 (61–69) | 0.7583 | 0.5451 | 0.0563 | |||
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| CPT2 | T60 | 77.5 (72–82) | 77.5 (72–82) | 80 (75–86) | 87.5 (84.25–89.75) | <0.001∗ | <0.001∗ | <0.001∗ | <0.001∗ |
| T63 | 70 (64–75) | 70 (65–76) | 70 (65–74) | 74.5 (69.25–78) | 0.0172∗ | 0.0558 | 0.0536 | <0.001∗ | |
DBP = diastolic blood pressure, IQR = interquartile range, AA = auricular acupressure, CPT1 = first cold pressor test, CPT2 = second cold pressor test. ∗significantly different. Statistical test: t-test.