Effects of Moxa (Folium Artemisiae argyi) Smoke Exposure on Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability in Healthy Young Adults: A Randomized, Controlled Human Study

Table 5

HR and HRV parameters, follow-up test.

	HR^a	SDNN^b	RMSSD^b	PNN50^b	lnTP^b	lnHF^b	lnLF^b	LF/HF^b
Control group	72.92±7.83	44.07 (22.26)	34.01 (21.12)	12.37 (21.9)	7.22 (1.04)	5.94 (1.62)	5.83 (1.04)	0.93 (1.17)
Experimental group	67.68±9.74^∗	52.72 (26.91)	46.16 (38.15)	29.75 (45.16)	7.56 (1.07)	6.73 (1.54)	6.19 (1.35)	1.01 (1.45)

Values are expressed as ^amean ± standard deviation and ^bmedian (interquartile range). The symbol *indicates a significant difference (P < 0.05) between the two groups according to the independent two- sample t-test.