Table 3.

Mean ± standard deviation of cardiovascular parameters pre- and post-treatment.

	Pre-treatment		Post-treatment
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Change	d
Averages during 5 minute vanilla task
Heart rate [beats per minute]	73.6	12.1	69.6	9.4	−4.0*	−0.37
Stroke volume [ml]	97.6	23.2	95.1	23.0	−2.5	−0.11
Pulse transit time [ms]	267.2	27.2	282.6	31.8	15.4*	0.52
Systolic arterial pressure [mmHg]	131.5	20.8	128.7	18.8	−2.8	−0.14
Diastolic arterial pressure [mmHg]	67.7	11.7	68.4	10.8	0.6	0.05
[Log] Variability during 5 minute vanilla task
Total heart rate variability [ms2]	6.3	1.0	6.6	0.9	0.3*	0.28
High frequency heart rate variability [ms2]	4.6	1.4	5.0	1.2	0.4*	0.31
Total pulse transit time variability [ms2]	1.5	0.6	1.7	0.8	0.2	0.30
Total stroke volume variability [ml2]	1.9	0.4	1.9	0.5	0.0	0.01
[Log] Baroreflex sensitivity during 5 minute vanilla task
Heart rate baroreflex gain [ms/mmHg]	1.6	0.6	1.9	0.6	0.2*	0.36
Vascular tone baroreflex gain [ms/mmHg]	−0.9	0.6	−0.5	0.9	0.3*	0.47
Stroke volume baroreflex gain [ml/mmHg]	−0.4	0.5	−0.2	0.6	0.2*	0.33

^*Significant pre- to post-treatment changes based on False Discovery Rate