Table 1: Blood pressure profiles pre and post DFPP sessions.

Characteristics 1st DFPP 2nd DFPP 3rd DFPP
SBP (mmHg)
- Pre 138 (130) 138 (132) 139 (134)
- Post 130 (116) 137 (130) 140 (123)
p-value* 0.017 0.176 0.684
DBP (mmHg)
- Pre 81 (74) 81 (76) 79 (76)
- Post 72 (65) 80 (76) 83 (80)
p-value* 0.31 0.173 0.027
MAP (mmHg)
- Pre 99 (18) 102 (18) 102 (10)
- Post 91 (26) 100 (18) 118 (19)
p-value 0.069 0.799 0.414

*= Mann Whitney U test, All data are expressed as median (IQR).

IQR: interquartile range; p < 0.05 is significant, SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; MAP: mean arterial pressure.

Significant drop in the serum fibrinogen was also documented post first and second sessions (p = 0.012 & p = 0.042).