Sex differences in brain activation patterns with mental stress in patients with coronary artery disease

Table 2 Sex differences in hemodynamic reactivity parameters in response to mental stress, unadjusted (N = 165)

	Women (n = 53)	Men (112)	P value
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	P value
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
Control	140 ± 22	135 ± 15	0.07
Stress	162 ± 27	161 ± 21	0.91
Systolic blood pressure reactivity	22 ± 17	27 ± 16	0.07
Heart rate (bmp)
Control	67 ± 10	63 ± 10	0.01
Stress	78 ± 13	74 ± 13	0.04
Heart rate reactivity	11 ± 9	11 ± 7	0.81
Rate pressure product (mmHg*bmp)
Control	9359 ± 1951	8456 ± 1661	0.002
Stress	12,676 ± 3065	11,874 ± 2667	0.08
Rate pressure product reactivity	3315 ± 2155	3391 ± 2112	0.82

SD standard deviation
^*Statistical tests: Student t test or Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney U test, when appropriate

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