Improved Left Ventricular Diastolic Function with Exercise Training in Hypertension: A Doppler Imaging Study

Table 2

Pharmacological therapy at baseline and after 6 months in the 2 patient groups.

	Exercise group		Control group		Differences in changes between groups
	𝑛=25		𝑛=25
	Baseline	6 months	Baseline	6 months	𝑃 value
Fosinopril	12.2 (3.8)	11.8 (3.9)	11.9 (4.1)	12.5 (5.0)	.732
(mg/d) [𝑛]	[17]	[17]	[16]	[16]
Benazepril	8.3 (2.3)	7.8 (2.2)	8.4 (2.4)	9.0 (2.3)	.819
(mg/d) [𝑛]	[6]	[6]	[7]	[7]
Bisoprolol	3.8 (1.5)	3.4 (1.6)	4.0 (1.3)	4.3 (1.5)	.328
(mg/d) [𝑛]	[14]	[14]	[5]	[5]
Nitrendipine	13.6 (4.3)	14.1 (4.1)	14.0 (3.9)	13.5 (4.2)	.136
(mg/d) [𝑛]	[10]	[10]	[10]	[10]
Felodipine	6.9 (2.4)	6.9 (2.4)	7.1 (2.2)	7.1 (2.2)	1
(mg/d) [𝑛]	[9]	[9]	[9]	[9]
Hydrochlorothiazide	42.6 (9.5)	41.9 (8.8)	42.5 (9.4)	42.5 (9.4)	.739
(mg/d) [𝑛]	[7]	[7]	[7]	[7]
Aspirin	100	100	100	100	1
(mg/d) [𝑛]	[25]	[25]	[25]	[25]

Values in parenthesis refer to total daily dosage; (𝑛) refers to the number of patients consuming the drug.