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. 2014 Feb 27;9(2):e89823. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089823

Table 3. Body perception, heart rate, and performance of heartbeat detection.

DPD Healthy controls Test
n = 24 n = 26 p
KEKS 2.7±0.6 2.9±0.6 T = 0.998, df  = 47 0.32
KEKS-ill 1.3±0.5 1.1±0.2 Z = 1.121 0.008
Heart rate in beats/min 75.7±13.3 75.8±8.3 T = 0.058, df = 48 0.95
CA Schandry 0.69±0.19 0.71±0.17 T = 0.269, df = 48 0.79
CA Whitehead d′ 0.35±1.06 0.61±0.92 T = 0.842, df  = 43 0.40
(CA Whitehead d′ training trial) 0.72±0.85 0.34±0.73 T = 1.681, df = 48 0.09

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation; means were compared by t-test if data were normally distributed, and Mann -Whitney U test if not; KEKS, short body perception questionnaire; KEKS-ill, illusory body perception; heart rate in beats per minute; CA, cardioceptive accuracy according to the Schandry paradigm and the Whitehead heartbeat discrimination task; in parentheses the scores of the training trial of the Whitehead task.