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Table 2 Effect of Mental stress (MS) on Hemodynamic Parameters

From: C-Reactive Protein and Vulnerability to Mental Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia

Hemodynamics

Resting

MS

MSI

No-MSI

P-value*

MSI

No-MSI

P-value*

Mean HR

56.2

56.4

0.91

67.4

67.6

0.92

Mean SBP

134.4

134.3

0.99

159.5

163.9

0.34

Mean DBP

74.1

76.0

0.40

88.1

90.5

0.29

  1. *Patients with and without MSI were compared by means of t-tests for normally distributed data, and Wilcoxon rank tests for non-normal data