Table 3. Blood pressure and arterial stiffness data of the subjects before the race (Baseline) and during post-competition recovery period (RECOV). Data presented as means ± SD.
| Parameter |
Baseline |
RECOV |
Baseline |
RECOV |
| High-level n = 11 |
Recreational n = 7 |
| bSBP (mmHg) |
117.2 ± 8.4 |
116.0 ± 9.3 |
122.2 ± 6.3 |
117.2 ± 7.4 |
| bDBP (mmHg) |
63.3 ± 9.6 |
60.4 ± 5.3 |
64.5 ± 3.5 |
62.7 ± 7.0 |
| bPP (mmHg) |
53.9 ± 8.3 |
55.6 ± 7.9 |
57.7 ± 5.4 |
54.5 ± 5.6 |
| MAP (mmHg) |
79.1 ± 9.4 |
76.3 ± 7.3 |
83.2 ± 6.7 |
82.6 ± 6.6 |
| cSBP (mmHg) |
96.8 ± 9.7 |
95.2 ± 7.4 |
101.0 ± 3.9 |
103.1 ± 9.2 |
| cDBP (mmHg) |
64.4 ± 10.9 |
60.7 ± 5.2 |
65.1 ± 4.1 |
63.4 ± 6.7 |
| cPP (mmHg) |
32.435.3 |
37.9314.3 |
36.634.0 |
39.836.7 |
| HR (b/min) |
49 ± 10 |
51 ± 11 |
57 ± 7 * |
53 ± 6 |
| AIx (%) |
0.18 ± 9.5 |
0.36 ± 11.7 |
3.9 ± 8.1 |
9.8 ± 15.1 |
| AIx@75 (%) |
-12.0 ± 9.4 |
-9.6 ± 11.3 |
-4.8 ± 8.8 |
-0.7 ± 15.5 |
| cfPWV (m/s) |
5.14 ± 0.50 |
5.38 ± 0.88 |
5.52 ± 0.58 |
5.41 ± 0.28 |
bSBP – brachial systolic blood pressure; bDBP – brachial diastolic blood pressure; bPP – brachial pulse pressure; MAP – mean arterial pressure; cSBP – central systolic blood pressure; cDBP – central diastolic blood pressure; cPP – central pulse pressure; HR – heart rate; AIx – augmentation index; AIx@75 – augmentation index corrected for a heart rate of 75 beats per minute; cfPWV – carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity.* p < 0.05 in comparison with high-level group.
