No influence of lower leg heating on central arterial pulse pressure in young men

Table 1 Brachial arterial blood pressure, heart rate and body temperature responses to the heat intervention

Variables	Baseline	Post-intervention: 30 min	Post-intervention: 60 min
Brachial SBP (mmHg)
Control	114 ± 1	114 ± 2	116 ± 2
Lower leg heating	114 ± 2	114 ± 2	113 ± 2
Brachial MBP (mmHg)
Control	81 ± 1	83 ± 2	84 ± 1
Lower leg heating	83 ± 1	83 ± 2	85 ± 2
Brachial DBP (mmHg)
Control	61 ± 1	62 ± 2	64 ± 2
Lower leg heating	62 ± 2	62 ± 3	62 ± 2
HR (beats/min)
Control	54 ± 2	52 ± 2	53 ± 2
Lower leg heating	58 ± 2	58 ± 3	58 ± 2
Axillary temperature (°C)
Control	36.3 ± 0.1	36.5 ± 0.1	36.3 ± 0.1
Lower leg heating	36.7 ± 0.1	36.7 ± 0.1	36.6 ± 0.1
Tympanic temperature (°C)
Control	36.6 ± 0.2	36.6 ± 0.2	36.7 ± 0.2
Lower leg heating	37.3 ± 0.2	37.4 ± 0.2	37.3 ± 0.2

Data are presented as the mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM)
SBP Systolic blood pressure, MBP mean arterial pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, PP pulse pressure, HR heart rate

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