Table 5.
Estimated marginal means (EMMs) and log-transformed high-frequency heart rate variability comparisons among participants with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; N=18) and a non-PTSD convenience sample cohort (N=46) for the 25-minute protocol condition.
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T1a | T2b | T1 | ||||
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EMM (SE) | Log10 (SE) | EMM (SE) | Log10 (SE) | EMM (SE) | Log10 (SE) | |
| Baseline rest phase (5 minutes) | 708.05 (224.96) | 2.31 (0.19) | 559.79 (147.12) | 2.31 (0.18) | 1467.45 (243.20) | 2.90 (0.08) | |
| ESTc 1 (0-5 minutes) | 995.50 (344.73) | 2.45 (0.19) | 490.12 (131.23) | 2.40 (0.13) | 1827.16 (310.67) | 3.00 (0.08) | |
| EST 2 (5-10 minutes) | 810.08 (264.90) | 2.40 (0.18) | 460.78 (103.26) | 2.38 (0.14) | 1446.24 (232.66) | 2.94 (0.07) | |
| GMd 1 (0-5 minutes) | 774.59 (207.90) | 2.45 (0.18) | 810.19 (357.26) | 2.50 (0.14) | 1547.99 (217.75) | 3.00 (0.07) | |
| GM 2 (5-10 minutes) | 580.94 (150.65) | 2.42 (0.16) | 408.61 (87.78) | 2.44 (0.10) | 1220.34 (175.18) | 2.90 (0.07) | |
aT1: time point 1 (baseline).
bT2: time point 2 (postintervention).
cEST: emotional image stress task phase.
dGM: guided meditation phase.