Increase in diastolic blood pressure induced by fragrance inhalation of grapefruit essential oil is positively correlated with muscle sympathetic nerve activity

Table 2 Sympathetic and cardiovagal baroreflex sensitivity during baseline and fragrance inhalation of grapefruit essential oil in study 1

	BL	Inhalation
Sympathetic baroreflex sensitivity
DBP-total MSNA, units/mmHg	− 0.66 ± 0.73	− 0.86 ± 0.82
DBP-burst incidence, bursts·100 beats^− 1·mmHg^− 1	− 1.3 ± 1.8	− 2.0 ± 1.9
Cardiovagal baroreflex sensitivity
SBP-RRI, ms/mmHg	10.8 ± 5.6	11.9 ± 9.6
SBP-HR, bpm/mmHg	− 0.60 ± 0.22	− 0.66 ± 0.32

Values are means ± SD. DBP diastolic blood pressure, MSNA muscle sympathetic nerve activity, SBP systolic blood pressure, RRI R–R interval, HR heart rate. BL baseline; Inhalation, fragrance inhalation of grapefruit essential oil

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