13.24 Hypotension and endurance exercise. In sedentary individuals, low blood pressure (hypotension) often occurs after a single bout of aerobic exercise and lasts nearly two hours. This can cause dizziness, light-headedness, and possibly fainting upon standing. It is thought that endurance exercise training can reduce the degree of postexercise hypotension. To test this, researchers studied 16 endurance-trained and 16 sedentary men and women.16 The following table summarizes the postexercise systolic arterial pressure (mm Hg) after 60 minutes of upright cycling:

GroupnSE
Women, sedentary8100.73.4
Women, endurance8105.33.6
Men, sedentary8114.23.8
Men, endurance8110.22.3
  1. (a) Make a plot similar to Figure 13.3 (page 707) with the systolic blood pressure on the y axis and training level on the x axis. Describe the pattern you see.

  2. (b) From the table, one can show that SSA = 677.12, SSB = 0.72, SSAB = 147.92, and SSE = 2478, where A is the sex effect and B is the training level. Construct the ANOVA table with F statistics and degrees of freedom, and state your conclusions regarding main effects and interaction.

  3. (c) The researchers also measured the before-exercise systolic blood pressure of the participants and looked at a model that incorporated both the pre- and postexercise values. Explain why it is likely to be beneficial to incorporate both measurements in the study.