Research Article
Nonlinear Analysis of Auscultation Signals in TCM Using the Combination of Wavelet Packet Transform and Sample Entropy
Table 4
SampEn values for the subbands’ coefficients in the fourth level with significant differences.
| Frequency band (kHz) | Qi deficiency | Yin deficiency | Healthy | P value | mean | SD | mean | SD | mean | SD |
| 0.5–1 | 1.240 | 0.220 | 1.276 | 0.289 | 1.397 | 0.293 | 0.005 | 1–1.5 | 1.284 | 0.263 | 1.334 | 0.310 | 1.434 | 0.324 | 0.029 | 1.5–2 | 1.238 | 0.307 | 1.246 | 0.352 | 1.431 | 0.303 | 0.021 | 2.5–3 | 1.346 | 0.290 | 1.392 | 0.342 | 1.544 | 0.287 | 0.009 | 3–3.5 | 1.317 | 0.277 | 1.359 | 0.325 | 1.472 | 0.306 | 0.048 | 3.5–4 | 1.418 | 0.348 | 1.444 | 0.355 | 1.661 | 0.351 | 0.002 | 4–4.5 | 1.459 | 0.373 | 1.452 | 0.406 | 1.733 | 0.358 | 0.001 | 4.5–5 | 1.476 | 0.351 | 1.481 | 0.385 | 1.670 | 0.386 | 0.014 | 5–5.5 | 1.482 | 0.337 | 1.532 | 0.346 | 1.712 | 0.313 | 0.004 | 5.5–6 | 1.582 | 0.284 | 1.578 | 0.329 | 1.815 | 0.283 | 0.001 | 6–6.5 | 1.596 | 0.296 | 1.576 | 0.335 | 1.782 | 0.306 | 0.005 | 6.5–7 | 1.610 | 0.274 | 1.608 | 0.321 | 1.824 | 0.224 | 0.002 | 7–7.5 | 1.793 | 0.232 | 1.759 | 0.242 | 1.914 | 0.219 | 0.015 |
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