Table 2.
BRS gain (ms/mmHg) of SBP, MBP, and DBP at 0.1 and 0.25 Hz OLBNP before and after IHE at 20% and 30% MVC.
| S. No. | Experimental conditions: Mean ± SD (Median ± QD) |
p-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
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| 0.1 Hz OLBNP | MVC 20% + 0.1 Hz OLBNP |
MVC 30% + 0.1 Hz OLBNP |
0.25 Hz OLBNP | MVC 20% + 0.25 Hz OLBNP |
MVC 30% + 0.25 Hz OLBNP |
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| 1. SBP | 11.75 ± 7.28 (10.17 ± 4.69) | 10.80 ± 5.71 (11.57 ± 5.39) | 9.88 ± 5.98 (9.01 ± 2.47) | 11.43 ± 5.89 (11.41 ± 3.88) | 11.27 ± 7.66 (8.31 ± 7.99) | 11.71 ± 7.30 (10.80 ± 6.73) | 0.807ˆa, 0.071ˆb, 0.859ˆc, 0.968d |
| 2. DBP | 13.93 ± 7.71 (12.35 ± 5.38) | 15.15 ± 8.67 (14.08 ± 6.19) | 12.25 ± 5.37 (11.47 ± 3.82) | 25.21 ± 8.51 (26.71 ± 5.01) | 16.25 ± 6.27 (17.09 ± 4.94) | 15.44 ± 6.17 (15.20 ± 2.53) | 0.623a, 0.524b, 0.005c∗, 0.025d∗ |
| 3. MBP | 17.21 ± 14.34 (11.95 ± 6.83) | 16.40 ± 11.07 (14.75 ± 7.09) | 12.69 ± 8.99 (11.10 ± 3.32) | 33.86 ± 21.31 (28.97 ± 21.76) | 20.63 ± 13.08 (19.69 ± 8.67) | 19.14 ± 13.47 (16.15 ± 7.59) | 0.972ˆa, 0.117ˆb,0.203ˆc, 0.112d |
Mean ± SD (Median ± QD); SD = standard deviation, QD = quartile deviation. Paired t-test, ˆWilcoxon signed-rank test.∗p < 0.05; MVC, maximum voluntary contraction; SBP, systolic blood pressure; MBP, mean arterial blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; OLBNP, oscillatory lower body negative pressure, acomparison between column A and B of the same row, bcomparison between column A and C of the same row, ccomparison between column D and E of the same row, dcomparison between column D and F of the same row.