Table 1:
Descriptive Statistics of ECG and Respiratory Data (n = 52)
| Controls: No EA (n = 22) |
MDD: No EA (n = 19) |
MDD: EA (n = 11) |
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| Variable | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| Heart Rate | 69.71 | 12.49 | 72.13 | 10.19 | 78.12 | 8.35 |
| Heart Rate Variability | 5.63 | 1.23 | 5.78 | 0.95 | 4.87 | 1.26 |
| Respiration | 15.74 | 3.85 | 15.23 | 3.09 | 16.58 | 1.98 |
Note: EA: history of emotional abuse in childhood; MDD = women with a history of major depressive disorder