Effects of Nitrate Supplementation on Cardiovascular and Autonomic Reactivity in African-American Females
Figure 3
Effects of beetroot juice treatment on heart rate variability. Bars represent mean ± standard error measurements of the average electrocardiogram RR (interbeat) interval, expressed in ms, performed at rest (baseline) at constant aerobic exercise workloads set to 40% and 80% of the predetermined peak oxygen consumption (). The subjects were 13 healthy young adult females administered a placebo control orange juice and an isocaloric beetroot juice treatment on separate days. Asterisk (*) indicates a significant treatment-related difference at .