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

Table 4. Correlation coefficients of heartbeat detection measures and heart rate with psychometric scores: DPD patients white row and healthy controls (HC) grey row.

CA Whitehead HR CDS CDS-ABE BDI STAI KEKS
CA Schandry DPD 0.102 −0.416* −0.337 −0.331 −0.258 −0.059 0.137
HC 0.332 −0.479* −0.164 (ρ) −0.137 0.059 −0.179 0.444*
CA Whitehead (d′) DPD −0.272 0.180 0.257 0.086 0.092 0.035
HC 0.023 −0.319 (ρ) −0.243 −0.87 −0.141 0.012
Heart rate (beats/min) (HR) DPD −0.160 −0.035 0.353 0.113 −0.162
HC −0.045 (ρ) −0.030 −0.182 0.134 −0.262
CDS DPD 0.827** −0.051 0.023 0.108
HC (ρ) 0.428* 0.159 0.038 0.103
CDS-ABE DPD −0.210 −0.103 −0.163
HC 0.133 0.137 0.176
BDI-II (depression) DPD 0.684** −0.217
HC 0.468* −0.212
STAI (anxiety) DPD 0.076
HC −0.115

Pearson correlation coefficients if variables were normally distributed and Spearman (ρ) if not; level of significance (2-sided): **p<0.01, *p<0.05; CA, cardioceptive accuracy according to the Schandry paradigm and the Whitehead paradigm (d′); CDS, severity of depersonalization; CDS-ABE, severity of anomalous body experiences according to the CDS; BDI-II, severity of depression according to the Beck Depression Inventory second version; STAI, severity of trait anxiety according to the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (trait version); KEKS, short body perception questionnaire; sample comprises DPD patients (n = 24) and healthy controls (HC) (n = 26); missing values HC/DPD: CA Schandry 1/0, CA Whitehead 3/2; HR 1/0; STAI 1/0; KEKS 1/0.