Research Article

Heart Rate Variability during Auricular Acupressure at Heart Point in Healthy Volunteers: A Pilot Study

Table 4

The variation of time domain.

StageSDNN (median (IQR))RMSSD (median (IQR))LF (median (IQR))HF (median (IQR))
Experimental group n = 57Control group n = 57 valueExperimental group n = 57Control group n = 57 valueExperimental group n = 57Control group n = 57 valueExperimental group n = 57Control group n = 57 value

T142.97 (33.19, 53.52)42.71 (34.10, 55.84)0.9030.85 (19.51, 51.33)32.41 (22.43, 46.10)0.90321.23 (167.65, 544.03)290.37 (168.71, 680.75)0.90292.81 (131.04, 568.82)281.96 (147.09, 519.95)0.90

T243.65 (27.68, 53.84)51.02 (34.89, 58.44)0.6529.11 (18.35, 49.64)28.82 (21.70, 50.53)0.65292.14 (184.77, 562.70)336.65 (169.43, 603.96)0.65278.62 (141.36, 545.21)272.03 (161.88, 434.44)0.65

T342.97 (26.65, 54.31)44.81 (33.14, 54.79)0.9832.56 (19.42, 49.80)34.47 (24.85, 53.97)0.98301.54 (176.90, 585.02)318.40 (156.40, 634.21)0.98223.11 (113.14, 516.47)270.55 (176.56, 496.28)0.98

T445.30 (37.71, 57.54)46.30 (40.15, 54.43)0.8231.24 (19.93, 51.26)33.32 (22.10, 50.75)0.82308.70 (173.52, 593.46)322.61 (174.94, 659.84)0.82269.36 (139.44, 554.53)279.77 (186.05, 489.68)0.82

T542.04 (29.60, 51.60)46.16 (35.37, 54.62)0.3531.94 (17.24, 54.68)31.28 (25.75, 50.46)0.35283.66 (146.31, 511.77)364.90 (173.39, 609.40)0.35287.66 (153.18, 501.74)316.51 (215.40, 555.57)0.35

T645.75 (30.66, 55.94)47.07 (37.20, 61.61)0.2927.52 (20.86, 47.27)28.39 (21.66, 49.96)0.29255.83 (162.03, 513.95)325.11 (161.59, 681.28)0.29252.31 (115.47, 597.09)343.77 (219.05, 631.33)0.29

IQR: interquartile range.