Blood pressure in bipolar disorder: evidence of elevated pulse pressure and associations between mean pressure and mood instability

International Journal of Bipolar Disorders

Table 2 Group-wise comparisons of BP and BPV measures

Variable	BD (n = 38)	BPD (n = 25)	HC (n = 43)	ANCOVA
Variable	BD (n = 38)	BPD (n = 25)	HC (n = 43)	F_{(2, 100)}	P	\(\eta_{P}^{2}\)
BP metric
HR, BPM ± SD	69.3 ± 10.8	75 ± 8.9	67.57 ± 8.8	2.576	0.081	0.049
SBP, mmHg ± SD	117.7 ± 11	112 ± 7.3	113.6 ± 9	2.671	0.074	0.050
DBP, mmHg ± SD	76.9 ± 8.1	76.4 ± 6.8	76.3 ± 6.6	0.126	0.881	0.002
PP, mmHg ± SD	40.8 ± 7.4	35.7 ± 5.3	37.3 ± 6.3	4.711	0.011	0.085
MAP, mmHg ± SD	90.5 ± 8.5	88.3 ± 6.5	88.7 ± 6.9	0.494	0.612	0.010
BPV metric
cvHR, % ± SD	10.6 ± 3.6	10.5 ± 3.5	10.5 ± 3.3	0.056	0.945	0.001
cvSBP, % ± SD	6.2 ± 1.7	6.5 ± 2.2	6.4 ± 2	1.537	0.220	0.030
cvDBP, % ± SD	7.2 ± 2.3	7.9 ± 2.3	7.8 ± 2.2	1.427	0.245	0.028
cvPP, % ± SD	13.6 ± 3.7	14.1 ± 4	14.6 ± 5.3	0.586	0.559	0.012
cvMAP, % ± SD	6.2 ± 1.9	6.8 ± 2.2	6.6 ± 1.9	2.458	0.091	0.047