Table 5. Phase synchronization indices of the HF-components (mean ± SD) of participants and statistical results.

HF components
	week 12	week 16	week 20	week 25	week 30	week 35		ANOVA
γ SBPxRRI,HF									p	ηp 2
rest	0.50±0.17	0.46±0.18	0.40±0.16	0.39±0.15	0.36±0.16	0.38±0.16	week	F(5,175) = 9.0	<.001	.21
post DB	0.38±0.15	0.33±0.14	0.28±0.14	0.28±0.12	0.27±0.13	0.31±0.13	condition	F(1,35) = 79.6	<.001	.69
γ DBPxRRI,HF
rest	0.48±0.19	0.39±0.19	0.41±0.17	0.45±0.17	0.48±0.16	0.50±0.17	week	F(5,175) = 5.5	<.001	.14
post DB	0.41±0.17	0.33±0.15	0.34±0.14	0.37±0.15	0.42±0.14	0.43±0.15	condition	F(1,35) = 67.4	<.001	.66
γ SBPxDBP,HF
rest	0.38±0.17	039±0.19	0.41±0.17	0.45±0.17	0.48±0.16	0.50±0.17	week	F(5,175) = 9.9	<.001	.22
post DB	0.31±0.11	0.33±0.15	0.34±0.14	0.37±0.15	0.42±0.14	0.43±0.15	condition	F(1,35) = 31.9	<.001	.48
γ RESPxRRI,HF
rest	0.48±0.23	0.48±0.21	0.40±0.18	0.39±0.18	0.35±0.17	0.42±0.18	week	F(5,175) = 4.8	<.001	.12
post DB	0.36±0.19*	0.28±0.16*	0.26±0.16*	0.28±0.16*	0.26±0.14*	0.32±0.16*	condition	F(1,35) = 73.5	<.001	.68
							week x condition	F(5,175) = 3.2	<.01	.08
γ RESPxSBP,HF
rest	0.54±0.21	0.48±0.22	0.44±0.22	0.45±0.22	0.43±0.21	0.52±0.16	week	F(5,175) = 4.3	<.01	.13
post DB	0.41±0.19	0.33±0.17	0.30±0.17	0.34±0.15	0.35±0.17	0.39±0.15	condition	F(1,35) = 74.8	<.001	.68
							week x condition	F(5,175) = 0.9	= .50	.02
γ RESPxDBP,HF
	0.34±0.18	0.34±0.20	0.30±0.20	0.35±0.18	0.36±0.18	0.43±0.19	week	F(5,175) = 4.8	<.001	.13
	0.24±0.14	0.20±0.14	0.19±0.13	0.24±0.12	0.28±0.15	0.30±0.14	condition	F(1,35) = 63.6	<.001	.65
							week x condition	F(5,175) = 1.4	= .22	.04

LF = low frequency; γ = synchronization index; RRI = R-R interval; SBP = systolic blood pressure; DBP = diastolic blood pressure; RESP = respiration; DB = deep breathing. *denotes a significant difference (p<.05) between rest and post DB in case of significant a univariate interaction effect. Note : Multivariate analyses of variance of γ_SBPxRRI,HF, γ_DBPxRRI,HF and γ_SBPxDBP,HF significant for main effects only.