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Research Article

The Effect of Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 on the Arterial Reactivity of Hypertensive Patients during Cold Pressor Test

Table 2

PWVc-f, SBP, DBP and HR before, and during CPT in each group.


	Before CPT	During CPT	t value	P value

Group A

PWV			7.642	<0.001
SBP			14.115	<0.001
DBP			12.705	<0.001
HR			7.532	<0.001

Group B

PWV			4.623	<0.001
SBP			22.138	<0.001
DBP			15.556	<0.001
HR			5.204	<0.001

Group C

PWV			5.298	<0.001
SBP			17.384	<0.001
DBP			14.501	<0.001
HR			2.842	0.008

Group A: arterial hypertension, Group B: arterial hypertension and metabolic syndrome, Group C: arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus type 2, CPT: cold pressor test, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, HR: heart rate, and PWC c-f: carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity.