Table 2 Cardiac response to cold pressor test of the study subjects, stratified by parental history of hypertension, OHP vs. ONP

From: Analysis of beat-to-beat blood pressure variability response to the cold pressor test in the offspring of hypertensive and normotensive parents

 

Reactivity (7th min to 1~5th min)

Recovery (13th min to 1~5th min)

Variables

OHP

ONP

P-value

OHP

ONP

P-value

SBP

18.7±9.5

16.2±7.5

0.238

2.5±6.3

6.2±5.5

0.010*

DBP

13.7±6.1

12.4±5.2

0.378

1.3±3.6

3.2±3.6

0.028*

MBP

16.8±7.0

14.9±6.2

0.230

1.8±4.0

4.2±4.0

0.015*

HR

3.3±6.3

5.2±6.6

0.228

−1.9±2.9

−0.9±2.5

0.132

  1. Abbreviations: DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HR, heart rate; MBP, mean blood pressure; OHP, offspring with hypertensive parents; ONP, offspring with normotensive parents; SBP, systolic blood pressure.
  2. The results with the statistical significance are marked in bold. Significance of the estimates, *P<0.05. Values are means±s.d.
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