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Table 2 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and Holter analysis for heart rate variability with each visit.

From: Beneficial cardiovascular effects of reducing exposure to particulate air pollution with a simple facemask

  

Without Mask

With Mask

24 hour

SBP, mmHg

106

(100 – 112)

106

(101 – 111)

 

DBP, mmHg

69

(66 – 73)

70

(67 – 73)

 

MAP, mmHg

82

(79 – 86)

82

(78 – 86)

 

Heart rate, bpm

74

(70 – 77)

72

(68 – 76)

Night

SBP, mmHg

100

(93 – 107)

101

(95 – 106)

 

DBP, mmHg

63

(60 – 67)

64

(61 – 67)

 

MAP, mmHg

76

(73 – 79)

75

(71 – 79)

 

Heart rate, bpm

64

(61 – 67)

61

(58 – 65)

Day

SBP, mmHg

110

(104 – 116)

109

(104 – 114)

 

DBP, mmHg

73

(69 – 76)

73

(70 – 76)

 

MAP, mmHg

85

(81 – 88)

85

(81 – 89)

 

Heart rate, bpm

79

(74 – 84)

78

(73 – 82)

Heart rate variability

Data validity, %

95.9

95.0

 

Average NN interval, ms

829

(789 – 869)

850

(805 – 896)

 

pNN50, %

15.9

(10.7 – 21.0)

17.9

(14.2 – 21.6)

 

RMSSD, ms

35.1

(29.2 – 41.0)

37.1

(32.2 – 42.0)

 

SDNN, ms

61.2

(54.9 – 67.5)

65.6*

(59.0 – 72.2)

 

Triangular Index

12.9

(11.9 – 13.9)

13.8

(13.0 – 14.5)

 

LF-power, ms2

816

(628 – 1004)

919*

(717 – 1122)

 

HF-power, ms2

460

(325 – 595)

485

(400 – 569)

 

LFn, ms

62.8

(56.7 – 68.9)

64.5

(60.6 – 68.4)

 

HFn, ms

29.2

(25.5 – 32.8)

30.0

(27.0 – 33.1)

 

HF/LF ratio

0.738

(0.507 – 0.970)

0.680

(0.519 – 0.842)

  1. All data expressed as mean (95% confidence interval). *P < 0.05 compared to control (no mask) day, Student's paired t-test.