Review Article

Exploring Heart Rate Variability as a Biomedical Diagnostic Tool for the Disympathetic Dimension of Eight-Constitution Medicine

Table 4

HRV difference by constitution ( < 0.05), controlled breathing.

Reference4 [36]2 [34]3 [35]

ConstitutionSCMSCMSCM
Population (age)78 healthy students (20–30)32 healthy students (20–30)60 healthy students (20–30)
Subjects by constitution groupSY = 13, TE = 30, SE = 35, TY = 0SY = 10, TE = 11, SE = 11, TY = 0SY = 18, TE = 18, SE = 24, TY = 0
Age and gender controlled by constitution groupAgeAgeAge
HRV baseline difference by constitutionMHR : SY, SE > TENo differenceNo difference
HRV by constitution compared to baseline, with paced breathingBreath-counting on inspiration and expiration (not controlling)Paced breathing: 12, 6, or 3 times per minRatio of inhalation and exhalation (4 : 6, 6 : 4)
MHRCIB : SE > TECEB : SE, SY > TENo differenceNo difference
mRR (ms)naNo differenceNo difference
SDNN (ms)No differenceNo differenceNo difference
rMSSD (ms)naNo differenceNo difference
LF (ms2)No differencenaNo difference
HF (ms2)No differencenaNo difference
LFnunanaNo difference
HFnunanaNo difference
Ln (LF)naNo differencena
Ln (HF)naNo differencena
LF/HFNo differencenana

na, not available; CIB, Counting on Inspiration; CEB, Counting on Expiration.