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Table 2 Office and ambulatory blood pressure measurements at the end of intervention

From: The impact of propranolol on nitric oxide and total antioxidant capacity in patients with resistant hypertension—evidence from the APPROPRIATE trial

Blood Pressure

Propranolol (mmHg)

Placebo (mmHg)

P value

Office Blood pressure at end of intervention

 SBP (Systolic BP)

130.0 ± 13.2

139.93 ± 14.17

0.046

 DBP (Diastolic BP)

77.8 (± 9.7)

82.66 ± 8.58

0.142

Mean reduction in office SBP

29.7 ± 13.0

18.07 ± 14.63

0.021

Mean reduction in office DBP

12.4 ± 12.8

6.33 ± 16.59

0.242

Mean ambulatory BP at the end of intervention

 SBP (Systolic BP)

137.3 ± 12.6

149.2 ± 12.5

0.080

 DBP (Diastolic BP)

79.4 ± 5.5

84.1 ± 8.4

0.050

Mean reduction in ambulatory SBP

11.2 ± 14.7

4.1 ± 13.3

0.138

Mean reduction ambulatory DBP

5.4 ± 6.1

− 3.5 ± 15.6

0.031