Skin Temperature, Heart Rate and Blood Pressure
Forearm skin temperature decreased significantly after exposure in both groups (Table Temperature and circulatory results before and after exposure to electronic cigarette aerosol with and without nicotineNicotineNon-nicotine30.1 ± 1.430.2 ± 1.129.2 ± 1.229.4 ± 1.2NicotineNon-nicotine28.0 (5.8)29.1 (5.0)24.4 (2.8)25.2 (2.9)NicotineNon-nicotine66 ± 1068 ± 1073 ± 1363 ± 971 ± 1364 ± 11NicotineNon-nicotine108 ± 14110 ± 11117 ± 14113 ± 13112 ± 10114 ± 13NicotineNon-nicotine70 ± 1270 ± 974 ± 873 ± 874 ± 775 ± 9Effects of exposure to electronic cigarette aerosol with and without nicotine on forearm skin temperature, finger temperature, heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressureParametric data are presented as mean values ± standard deviations. Non-parametric data presented as median (interquartile range). P-values are repeated measures ANOVAs or Friedman’s test, Exposure x TimeBold values indicates the P-values below 0.05 was considered statistically significant