Effects of Acupuncture on Heart Rate Variability in Beagles; Preliminary Results

Table 3

Effect of acupuncture on HRV after cervical vagotomy.

Group name	LF (bpm^2)	HF (bpm^2)	LF/HF
Control	37.27 ± 16.20	45.02 ± 25.32	0.91 ± 0.32
Cervical vagotomy	1.60 ± 0.04**	0.28 ± 0.03**	5.63 ± 0.22**
Acupuncture	1.86 ± 0.86*	0.28 ± 0.16	6.38 ± 1.46**

^∗𝑃<0.05; **𝑃<0.01 (LF: low frequency band; HF: high frequency band; LF/HF: ratio; bpm: beats per minute).