. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 12.

Published in final edited form as: Psychol Health Med. 2009 Dec;14(6):667–679. doi: 10.1080/13548500903322791

Table 1.

Means and standard errors of demographic characteristics and physiological measures at baseline for guided breathing and spontaneous breathing groups.

	Guided Breathing (n=16)	Spontaneous Breathing (n=16)
Age (yr)	51.9± 2.9	54.5± 2.0
Body weight (kg)	86.0±4.7	84.8± 2.8
BMI (kg/m²)	29.5±1.4	29.8±1.4
Systolic BP (mmHg)	144.6 ± 2.6	143.1 ± 2.5
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	88.9 ± 1.9	87.0 ± 2.0
Heart Rate (bpm)	69.5 ± 2.5	65.2 ± 2.6
Breathing rate (breaths/min)	14.5 ± 1.0	14.1 ± 1.0
Tidal volume (ml)	444.7 ± 35.2	409.5 ± 42.4
Minute ventilation (L/min)	6.0 ± 0.3	5.5 ± 0.5
End tidal CO₂ (mmHg)	39.8 ± 1.1	37.9 ± 0.7