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Table 3 Descriptive and statistical tests for heart rate, respiration rate, and LFP/HFP (%) among stage, exposure, and interaction

From: Effects of 60 Hz magnetic fields on teenagers and adults

 

Heart rate (bpm)

Respiration rate (bpm)

LFP/HFP (%)

 

Adult

Teenager

Adult

Teenager

Adult

Teenager

 

Sham

Real

Sham

Real

Sham

Real

Sham

Real

Sham

Real

Sham

Real

Stage: mean (standard error)

          

I

78.7 (2.1)

78.2 (2.1)

81.9 (1.4)

80.9 (1.8)

18.4 (0.4)

18.4 (0.5)

17.9 (0.5)

18.6 (0.5)

100.0 (0.0)

100.0 (0.0)

100.0 (0.0)

100.0 (0.0)

II

78.0 (2.1)

76.6 (1.9)

82.0 (1.4)

80.8 (1.6)

18.9 (0.4)

18.2 (0.4)

18.1 (0.5)

18.2 (0.4)

144.9 (11.9)

156.3 (19.5)

129.3 (15.3)

142.4 (16.7)

III

76.7 (2.1)

77.0 (2.0)

80.7 (1.3)

80.9 (1.4)

18.6 (0.4)

18.5 (0.4)

18.0 (0.5)

18.4 (0.4)

148.0 (16.5)

175.8 (21.2)

156.5 (20.4)

166.5 (22.9)

IV

78.3 (2.1)

76.9 (1.9)

81.2 (1.4)

80.6 (1.4)

19.2 (0.4)

18.5 (0.4)

18.5 (0.5)

18.6 (0.4)

178.0 (21.8)

148.2 (9.9)

177.0 (22.8)

157.0 (22.9)

Factor (P-value)

          

Exposure

0.623

0.487

0.115

0.135

0.883

0.965

Stage

0.075

0.669

0.130

0.165

< 0.001*

< 0.001*

Interaction (exposure and stage)

0.318

0.376

0.323

0.102

0.180

0.570

  1. * P < 0.05, bpm; beats per min.
  2. LFP/HFP; low-frequency power/high-frequency power (power spectrum of heart rate variability).
  3. Stage I; pre-exposure, Stage II; after 11 min of exposure, Stage III; after 27 min of exposure, Stage IV; post-exposure.