1. Heated water-based exercise training reduces 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure levels in resistant hypertensive patients: A randomized controlled trial (HEx trial) 
Guilherme Veiga Guimaraes, Lais Galvani de Barros Cruz, Miguel Morita Fernandes-Silva, Egidio Lima Dorea, Edimar Alcides Bocchi 
International Journal of Cardiology 
Volume 172, Issue 2, Pages (March 2014)
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2. Fig. 1
Study design.
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3. Fig. 2
Office blood pressure at baseline and after 12weeks: A, exercise training in heated water immersion and B, control group; *: within-group differences (p<0.05) and **: between-group differences (p<0.05). Data are presented as mean±standard error.
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4. Fig. 3
Average of 24-hour period, daytime and nighttime ABPMs at baseline and after 12weeks: A, exercise training in heated water immersion and B, control group; *: within-group differences (p<0.05) and **: between-group differences (p<0.05). Data are presented as mean±standard error.
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5. Fig. 4
Hourly averages of systolic and diastolic blood pressures during daytime and nighttime at baseline and after 12weeks: A, exercise training in heated water immersion and B, control group; *: within-group differences (p<0.05) and **: between-group differences (p<0.05). Data are presented as mean±standard error.
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6. Fig. 5
Blood pressure load for 24-hour period, daytime and nighttime ABPMs at baseline and after 12weeks: A, exercise training in heated water immersion and B, control group; *: within-group differences (p<0.05) and **: between-group differences (p<0.05). Data are presented as mean±standard error.
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