Table 1 Hemodynamics and laboratory data at baseline, before and after the 30-min rest with aromatherapy

From: Aromatherapy alleviates endothelial dysfunction of medical staff after night-shift work: preliminary observations

  

30-min rest

 
 

Baseline

Before

After

P-value

Heart rate, beats min−1

58.8±5.2

60.2±8.7

55.6±8.5

0.2

Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg

119.6±12.0

122.7±10.9

118.3±7.8

0.4

Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg

71.0±8.4

75.2±7.7

71.1±6.0

0.2

Glucose, mg dl−1

98.3±8.4

95.7±6.2

97.6±5.1

0.5

Epinephrine, ng ml−1

0.015±0.015

0.022±0.020

0.003±0.010*

<0.001

Norepinephrine, ng ml−1

0.27±0.08

0.25±0.07

0.25±0.07

0.7

  1. The last column shows overall P-values from the repeated-measures analysis of variance.
  2. *P<0.05 vs. baseline and pre-aromatherapy.
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