Table 2.

Systemic physiological measurements

BLPD3PW1PW2PW4
Heart rate
    Nondiabetic466 ± 23539 ± 16539 ± 22564 ± 32547 ± 20
    Diabetic451 ± 9503 ± 22532 ± 32491 ± 76487 ± 11
Breath rate
    Nondiabetic91 ± 282 ± 12102 ± 1478 ± 798 ± 7
    Diabetic89 ± 769 ± 685 ± 1195 ± 1987 ± 7
  • Heart and breath rates were measured in beats or breaths/min, respectively. BL, Baseline; PD3, post-stroke day 3; PW1, post-stroke week 1; PW2, post-stroke week 2; PW4, post-stroke week 4.