Figure 5

The mean (± SEM) systolic and diastolic blood pressure in twelve healthy women (•) and eleven healthy men (▲), after the ingestion of a meal consisting of rice pudding. "a" indicates a significant difference in response in the postprandial phase compared to fasting, calculated using the Wilcoxon t-test (P < 0.05). The letter b indicates statistically a significant difference compared with the value at 30 min, according to the Wilcoxon U test (p < 0.05). *A significant difference was also found between the men and the women, according to the Mann-Whitney U test (P < 0.05).