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Table 3 Cardiovascular parameters at rest, immediately after, 1 h after and 24 h after the resistance training protocols

From: Acute effects of different resistance training loads on cardiac autonomic modulation in hypertensive postmenopausal women

Variables

Groups

Rest

After

1 h

24 h

SBP (mmHg)

Control

132.26 ± 17.92

131.26 ± 17.48

133.73 ± 18.39

127.20 ± 14.30

6RM

128.33 ± 17.07

140.33 ± 16.99*

130.86 ± 17.63

129.93 ± 16.07

15RM

130.80 ± 21.22

137.06 ± 14.94

130.00 ± 17.55

128.26 ± 14.41

DBP (mmHg)

Control

78.06 ± 7.30

78.26 ± 8.31

79.73 ± 7.76

75.00 ± 8.76

6RM

79.13 ± 9.58

77.60 ± 11.30

77.86 ± 10.82

76.20 ± 8.94

15RM

77.00 ± 7.21

76.20 ± 11.02

77.13 ± 9.21

77.73 ± 9.35

HR (bpm)

Control

67.86 ± 6.63

65.98 ± 7.26

64.04 ± 8.26

70.67 ± 8.36

6RM

66.00 ± 6.35†

76.24 ± 9.35†

68.59 ± 8.66

70.49 ± 7.71

15RM

68.70 ± 9.17

85.32 ± 13.21†‡

73.82 ± 11.23†‡

72.06 ± 9.54

DP (mmHg bpm)

Control

8987.45 ± 1640.27

8650.36 ± 1477.97*

8544.24 ± 1544.29*

8981.66 ± 1391.14

6RM

8467.05 ± 1422.90†

10,718.28 ± 2090.03*†

8972.57 ± 1756.20*

9128.50 ± 1280.63*

15RM

9012.49 ± 2025.25

11,769.10 ± 2783.33*†‡

9608.14 ± 2212.70†‡

9211.75 ± 1377.20

  1. Values expressed as mean ± standard deviation
  2. SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, HR heart rate, DP double product
  3. * Significantly different from pre-intervention (p ≤ 0.05). † Significantly different from the control session (p ≤ 0.05). ‡ Significantly different from the 6RM session (p ≤ 0.05)