Table 3 MBP and IBI means and spectral powers in baseline and stress condition for each group of SAD rats.

From: Patterns of cardiovascular variability after long-term sino-aortic denervation in unanesthetized adult rats

 

1-day SAD

3-day SAD

7-month SAD

Factors p

Baseline

Air jet

Baseline

Air jet

Baseline

Air jet

Time

Stress

Interaction

MBP

mean (mmHg)

95.2 (15.7)

105.5 (21.5)

103.1 (17.3)

129 (23.8)**

86.7 (22.1)

122.2 (30.5)**

0.35

<0.01

<0.05

variance (mmHg2)

58.6 (2)

57.4 (2.6)

61.3 (1.7)

53.6 (2.2)

63.8 (1.7)

65.3 (1.4)

0.88

0.81

0.92

ULF (mmHg2)

37.2 (2.1)

41.6 (2.7)

43.6 (1.8)

33.2 (2.6)

44.3 (1.6)

34.1 (1.4)

0.99

0.50

0.73

VLF (mmHg2)

11.0 (2.7)

11.5 (2.7)

14.2 (1.7)

14.3 (2.1)

15.3 (2.1)

24.3 (1.5)

0.30

0.38

0.54

LF (mmHg2)

1.3 (2.2)

1.0 (2.6)

1.0 (1.5)

1.8 (1.6)*

1.2 (3.1)

3.1 (1.8)**

0.27

<0.05

0.07

HF (mmHg2)

4.1 (3.8)

0.9 (10)*

1.1 (2.4)

1.4 (2.3)

0.9 (2.3)

1.7 (2.6)

0.71

0.42

<0.05

IBI

mean (ms)

144.8 (15.5)

150.4 (17.3)

160.0 (25.0)

163.5 (22.2)

181.7 (15.8)

170.4 (15.7)

<0.05

0.86

0.21

variance (ms2)

8.3 (1.9)

12.5 (3.0)

17.4 (2.5)

17.2 (1.8)

71.0 (4.1)

49.7 (3.0)

<0.01

0.95

0.48

ULF (ms2)

3.6 (2.3)

5.8 (2.7)

8.5 (2.5)

7.5 (2)

42.9 (4.6)

23.4 (3.1)

<0.01

0.73

0.26

VLF (ms2)

1.8 (2.2)

2.7 (3.0)

4.7 (3.1)

4.2 (2.2)

10.5 (4.4)

7.5 (3.0)

0.06

0.97

0.47

LF (ms2)

0.5 (2.1)

0.9 (4.4)

1.0 (2.7)

1.0 (2.7)

2.2 (4.4)

1.9 (4.1)

0.16

0.68

0.62

HF (ms2)

1.4 (1.5)

0.8 (17.2)

1.6 (2.2)

2.1 (2.5)

6.8 (2.8)

7.4 (4.1)

<0.05

0.81

0.61

  1. Powers and variance as geometric mean and geometric SD; the * and ** indicate differences between baseline and air-jet stimulus significant at p < 5% and p < 1%.