TABLE 4.

Systolic Blood Pressure Obtained During Scans Using 4 Plasma Caffeine Concentration

Plasma caffeine concentration (mg/L)
PCC≤11 < x ≤ 33 < x ≤ 5>5
Rest
 Women102.6 ± 9.9 (31)103.9 ± 8.1 (8)99.2 ± 17.3 (6)108.7 ± 13.6 (29)
 Men108.9 ± 10.7 (38)112.6 ± 10.0 (12)112.5 ± 10.7 (14)114.9 ± 9.3 (14)
Stress
 Women92.5 ± 14.496.5 ± 17.7102.3 ± 6.4105.9 ± 12.3
 Men107.0 ± 12.7110.6 ± 13.5112.1 ± 10.1111.5 ± 12.1
  • * Within-sex variations in the systolic blood pressure between the baseline scans (plasma caffeine concentration < 1 mg/L) and studies with increased plasma caffeine concentrations.

  • Intersex differences in the systolic blood pressure observed for the respective plasma caffeine concentrations.

  • Numbers given in parentheses for the rest scans indicate the number of MPI sessions fulfilling the criteria. Differences were considered significant for P < 0.05.

  • PCC = plasma caffeine concentration.