Table 6 Adjusted intervention comparison - relative power (%).

From: The effects of non-invasive transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on resting-state delta oscillation: a randomized, double-blinded, sham-control trial

Bands

Sham taVNS (n = 22)

Active taVNS (n = 21)

Between-group comparison

Pre

(Mean ± SD)

Post

(Mean ± SD)

Pre

(Mean ± SD)

Post

(Mean ± SD)

Unadjusted effects

coef. (95% CI, p-value)

Adjusted effects*

coef. (95% CI, p-value)

Frontal Delta

33.3 ± 12.4

27.4 ± 12.5

27.4 ± 13.2

28.8 ± 12.4

0.74 (-0.01 to -0.15, 0.053)

0.085 (0.01 to 0.16, 0.025)

Left Frontal Delta

32.0 ± 12.8

26.9 ± 12.8

27.9 ± 14.2

29.7 ± 12.6

0.64, (-0.02 to 0.15, 0.139)

0.75 (-0.01 to -0.16, 0.084)

Right Frontal Delta

35.7 ± 12.5

28.2 ± 12.2

27.1 ± 12.4

30.0 ± 12.6

0.09, (-0.02 to 0.17, 0.010)

0.11 (0.03 to 0.18, 0.004)

  1. *Adjusted by age and gender.