Vascular Responses to High-Intensity Battling Rope Exercise between the Sexes

Table 3. Measures of pulse wave reflection at rest and during recovery from high-intensity battling rope exercise. Data are mean ± standard deviation.

		Rest	10 minutes	30 minutes	60 minutes
AIx, %	Men	9 ± 10	30 ± 13†	18 ± 13‡	18 ± 8‡† †
AIx, %	Women	11 ± 12	22 ± 11†	13 ± 8‡	7 ± 6‡
AIx@75, %	Men	0 ± 8	34 ± 13†	19 ± 13† ‡	15 ± 10‡§† †
AIx@75, %	Women	7 ± 12	26 ± 10†	13 ± 6† ‡	5 ± 7‡§
Tr, ms	Men	145.9 ± 8.5	149.8 ± 4.7	149.6 ± 6.1	117.0 ± 3.8† ‡§
Tr, ms	Women	150.2 ± 5.6	149.0 ± 5.7	148.5 ± 4.2	113.5 ± 5.0† ‡§
AP, mmHg	Men	4 ± 4	14 ± 5† ¶	8 ± 5‡	7 ± 4‡† †
AP, mmHg	Women	4 ± 4	8 ± 5†	5 ± 3‡	2 ± 2‡† †
cPP, mmHg	Men	40 ± 5\|\|	44 ± 8	40 ± 7	41 ± 6† †
cPP, mmHg	Women	30 ± 6	37 ± 8	34 ± 6	28 ± 4
cSBP, mmHg	Men	106 ± 6\|\|	112 ± 7¶	108 ± 7	107 ± 4† †
cSBP, mmHg	Women	99 ± 6	99 ± 6	99 ± 5	96 ± 5
cDBP, mmHg	Men	67 ± 8	68 ± 8† ¶	67 ± 6	67 ± 8
cDBP, mmHg	Women	69 ± 6	62 ± 5†	68 ± 11	67 ± 5
cMAP, mmHg	Men	81 ± 7	87 ± 7¶	83 ± 6**	82 ± 7
cMAP, mmHg	Women	81 ± 6	78 ± 4	77 ± 7	79 ± 5
SEVR, %	Men	148.9 ± 26.9	92.8 ± 14.7†	104.7 ± 28.5† ‡	129.1 ± 23.2† ‡§
SEVR, %	Women	141.9 ± 27.2	81.7 ± 16.3†	104.6 ± 19.0† ‡	126.1± 18.6† ‡§
SPTI, ms	Men	1887.4 ± 212.2	2721.7 ± 267.2†	2480.6 ± 400.7† ‡	2179.5 ± 231.3† ‡§
SPTI, ms	Women	2038.9 ± 350.6	2604.1 ± 226.2†	2304.7 ± 200.4† ‡	2150.6 ± 202.8† ‡§
DPTI, ms	Men	2690.3 ± 391.8	2501.1 ± 307.0† ¶	2504.3 ± 464.3†	2760.4 ± 358.5† ‡§
DPTI, ms	Women	2813.1 ± 252.5	2100.4 ± 292.6†	2381.7 ± 282.8†	2640.6 ± 264.0† ‡§
ΔEw, dynes/cm2	Men	305.5 ± 228.6	2048.4 ± 804.0† ¶	1177.5 ± 779.6† ‡	1147.3 ± 564.3† ‡† †
ΔEw, dynes/cm2	Women	277.1 ± 267.1	1276.6 ± 709.4†	715.4 ± 481.2† ‡	313.9 ± 310.6† ‡

AIx, Augmentation Index; AIx@75, Augmentation Index Normalized to 75 BPM; bDBP, cAP, Central Augmentation Pressure; cDBP, Central Diastolic Blood Pressure, cPP, Central Pulse Pressure, cSBP, Central Systolic Blood Pressure, DPTI, Diastolic Pressure Time Index, SEVR, Subendocardial Viability Ratio, SPTI, Systolic Pressure Time Index; Tr, Time of the Reflected Wave;,ΔE_w, Wasted Left Ventricular Energy.† p ≤ 0.05, significantly different from Rest;^‡p ≤ 0.05, significantly different from 10 minutes;^§p ≤ 0.05, significantly different from 30 minutes;^||p ≤ 0.05, significantly different from women at Rest;^¶p ≤ 0.05 significantly different from women at 10 minutes;^**p ≤ 0.05 significantly different from women at 30 minutes;^† †p ≤ 0.05 significantly different from women at 60 minutes.