Effects of Atorvastatin on Resting and Peak Exercise Blood Pressure among Normotensive Men and Women

Table 3

Average adjusted peak systolic blood pressure (mean ± SEM) to a GEST after 6 mo of 80 mg atorvastatin or placebo among total sample and by drug and sex.

True max peak SBP (mmHg)	Total sample		Atorvastatin		Placebo
	Pre		Pre		Pre
Total
	169.6 ± 1.1	0.2 ± 1.1	169.0 ± 1.6	−0.7 ± 1.6	169.9 ± 1.7	0.6 ± 1.4
Men
	174.9 ± 1.9	0.7 ± 1.5	175.4 ± 2.6	2.5 ± 2.4	177.7 ± 2.3	−0.9 ± 1.8
Women
		−0.9 ± 1.6			162.1 ± 2.8^†	2.6 ± 2.2^‡

Adjusted for age, baseline BMI, baseline VO_2peak, and sex.
Pre, baseline; , after 6 months; SBP, systolic blood pressure; GEST, graded exercise stress test.
 , ^†; men versus women.
^‡, atorvastatin versus placebo.