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.