Table 5.

Change in pulse rate due to olfactory stimulation with 10 types of aroma oil.

	Before	Lavender	Rosemary	Rose	Eucalyptus	Jasmine	Geranium	Chamomile	Clary Sage	Thyme	Peppermint
	Mean ± SD 1
Pulse rate	72.26 ± 9.55	72.96 ± 9.83	73.04 ± 8.88	72.61 ± 8.40	72.04 ± 9.09	73.61 ± 9.60	71.52 ± 7.98	72.65 ± 9.27	73.22 ± 8.88	72.09 ± 9.14	72.26 ± 9.01
Significance 2		0.471	0.430	0.767	0.848	0.151	0.475	0.716	0.426	0.862	1.000
Systolic pressure	109.00 ± 10.46	105.39 ± 9.88	104.70 ± 9.73	106.26 ± 10.89	104.17 ± 9.65	106.91 ± 11.05	104.74 ± 10.72	104.22 ± 10.24	106.17 ± 11.37	103.91 ± 10.57	104.74 ± 10.23
Significance		0.003 **	0.001 ***	0.058	0.002 **	0.062	0.001 ***	0.000 ***	0.033 *	0.000 ***	0.008 **
Diastolic pressure	69.91 ± 8.16	69.09 ± 6.50	69.00 ± 7.01	69.70 ± 7.10	69.78 ± 7.42	69.26 ± 6.86	69.09 ± 8.27	69.57 ± 6.69	71.57 ± 6.29	68.57 ± 8.70	69.43 ± 6.56
Significance		0.382	0.423	0.847	0.916	0.495	0.436	0.755	0.120	0.182	0.709

^1. SD: standard deviation. ² * p < 0.05, ** < 0.01, *** < 0.001 using the paired t-test.