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Table 2 Carotid blood pressure, incident wave amplitude and parameters of wave reflection responses to the intervention

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

Variables

Baseline

Post-intervention: 30 min

Post-intervention 60 min

Carotid SBP (mmHg)

  Control

109 ± 2

106 ± 2

108 ± 1

  Lower leg heating

114 ± 2

113 ± 3

109 ± 3

Carotid DBP (mmHg)

  Control

61 ± 1

62 ± 1

65 ± 2

  Lower leg heating

62 ± 2

62 ± 3

62 ± 2

IWA (mmHg)

  Control

47.7 ± 2

44.1 ± 2

44.6 ± 3

  Lower leg heating

50.8 ± 3

48.3 ± 5

46.2 ± 3

RWA (mmHg)

  Control

14.3 ± 1

14.4 ± 1

13.9 ± 1

  Lower leg heating

13.4 ± 1

13.4 ± 1

13.0 ± 1

TR (ms)

  Control

152 ± 5

146 ± 5

152 ± 5

  Lower leg heating

151 ± 4

141 ± 6

146 ± 5

Carotid AI (%)

  Control

−27.8 ± 4

−20.7 ± 4

−22.1 ± 4

  Lower leg heating

−33.6 ± 6

−25.8 ± 6

−21.3 ± 6

  1. Data are presented as the mean ± SEM
  2. IWA Incident wave amplitude, RWA reflected wave amplitude, TR timing of reflected wave, AI augmentation index