Table 2.

Primary Outcomes by Group and Time with Comparison Between Intervention and Breathing Control: Unadjusted Means and (Standard Deviation)

	Paced respiration intervention n = 88	Breathing control n = 86	Usual care control n = 44	p
Hot flash frequency
Baseline	7.02 (4.32)	6.43 (3.96)	7.31 (4.04)
8 weeks	4.28 (4.04)	4.66 (4.40)	5.12 (3.35)	0.18
16 weeks	3.48 (3.45)	3.95 (4.19)	4.76 (3.54)	0.09
Hot flash severity
Baseline	4.50 (1.60)	5.23 (1.58)	5.40 (1.26)
8 weeks	4.50 (2.06)	4.75 (1.86)	5.20 (1.41)	0.82
16 weeks	4.33 (2.06)	4.65 (2.07)	5.20 (1.89)	0.88
Hot flash bother
Baseline	4.52 (1.72)	4.78 (1.72)	4.69 (1.32)
8 weeks	4.02 (1.94)	4.48 (2.11)	4.78 (1.41)	0.39
16 weeks	3.89 (1.93)	4.22 (2.19)	4.76 (1.73)	0.94