Table 2: Change in blood pressure (Mean Arterial Pressure).
Time |
Control |
Clonidine |
p-value |
Inference |
Pre-op |
98.06 ± 7.12 |
97.77 ± 5.33 |
0.86 |
N.S. |
5 min |
95.00 ± 6.54 |
93.10 ± 6.13 |
0.24 |
N.S. |
10 min |
87.87 ± 9.01 |
85.06 ± 7.56 |
0.19 |
N.S. |
15 min |
83.26 ± 7.99 |
83.48 ± 6.05 |
0.90 |
N.S. |
20 min |
81.00 ± 7.80 |
79.26 ± 5.91 |
0.33 |
N.S. |
25 min |
79.45 ± 8.72 |
77.71 ± 7.06 |
0.39 |
N.S. |
30 min |
78.68 ± 8.35 |
76.71 ± 9.25 |
0.38 |
N.S |
45 min |
80.29 ± 9.40 |
76.65 ± 9.23 |
0.13 |
N.S |
60 min |
83.00 ± 10.63 |
75.03 ± 9.06 |
0.002 |
S |
90 min |
85.45 ± 9.50 |
76.94 ± 6.99 |
0.001 |
S |
120 min |
87.71 ± 8.90 |
77.32 ± 8.10 |
0.001 |
S |
150 min |
89.06 ± 15.09 |
77.45 ± 6.17 |
0.001 |
S |
N.S., Not Significant; S, Significant
p-value = 0.0002 which was statistically significant in the clonidine group.