Table 2: Blood pressure, heart rate and double product in controls and hypertensive patients at different stages.

Parameters

Baseline

Follow-up hypertensive group

 

Normotensive group

Hypertensive group

12 weeks

24 weeks

Rest SBP (mmHg)

DBP (mmHg)

HR (beats/min)

115 ± 5.3

154 ± 4.0++

139 ± 5.5++**

141 ± 5.1++**

68 ± 3.4

93 ± 3.7++

85 ± 3.2++*

87 ± 3.6++*

65 ± 3.6

66 ± 2.2

65 ± 2.9

69 ± 3.0

Exercise

Double Product (mmHg/min x 10-3)

 

17.8 ± 2.5

 

22 ± 1.6

 

21 ± 1.2

 

22 ± 1.4

Recovery SBP (mmHg)

                DBP (mmHg)

                HR (beats/min)

130 ± 5.1

170 ± 0.2++

169 ± 0.2++

168 ± 0.4++

70 ± 3.0

97 ± 3.2++

95 ± 3.0++

96 ± 3.1++

74 ± 3.2

76 ± 2.1

75 ± 2.6

77 ± 3.2