Table 3.

Changes in exercise performance (time in seconds) for the participants given M. spicata (n = 10) and C. sinensis oils (n = 10) when running equal distance of 1500 m before and after oil inhalations

Outcome variable	M. spicata oil group			C. sinensis oil group
	Mean ± SDa	Mean difference ± SD	P-value*	Mean ± SDa	Mean difference ± SD	P-value*
Time (sec)b	300.50 ± 19.89			294.70 ± 14.20
- Post-inhaler	340.70 ± 16.08			347.90 ± 15.59	-
- Pre-inhalers		−40.2 ± 2.32	0.007 **		53.20 ± 7.94	0.005 **

*P-value for the mean differences of the Two-related samples Wilcoxon test. ** Significant P-values (less than 0.05)

^aSD, standard deviation

^bData in the table is expressed as seconds