A Novel Technique for the Assessment of Preoperative Cardiovascular Risk: Reactive Hyperemic Response to Short-Term Exercise

Table 2

Reactive hyperemia (TR) before and after exercise.

	Before exercise			After exercise (10 min after)			𝑃 values*
	𝑁	Mean	Std deviation	𝑁	Mean	Std deviation
Starting temperature (°C)	30	32.84	1.78	30	32.23	2.01	0.147
Temperature rebound (TR°C)	30	0.04	0.42	30	0.53	0.95	0.035 *
Temperature rebound (TR%)	30	0.14	1.27	30	1.78	3.29	0.033 *
Area under curve after 15 sec	30	14.89	4.70	30	11.92	5.26	0.019 *
Area under curve after 30 sec	30	29.01	9.04	30	23.29	10.23	0.017 *
Area under curve after 45 sec	30	41.50	12.86	30	33.34	14.53	0.017 *
Area under curve after 60 sec	30	52.11	16.15	30	41.85	18.12	0.020 *
Heart rate (bpm)	27	75	10.58	28	76	19.88	0.021
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	27	128	16.94	28	132	16.35	0.216
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	27	76	6.09	28	79	9.06	0.081
Mean blood pressure (mmHg)	27	94	11.59	28	98	2.01	0.094

∗Wilcoxon signed ranks test.