Table 2 High frequency (HF) band of HRV.

From: The neurophysiological correlates of religious chanting

Conditions

Mean (SD) of HF in ms2

p-value of post-hoc comparison (* denotes significant)

Religious chanting

0.00182 (0.00130)

compared to no chanting*, p = 0.014

No chanting

0.00432 (0.00421)

compared to non-religious chanting, p = 0.435

Non-religious chanting

0.00323(0.00316)

compared to religious chanting, p = 0.152

  1. The table shows descriptive statistics and significance values for within-group comparisons, for the high frequency power of the heart rate variability derived from the ECG data. Repeated measures ANOVA showed a significant effect across conditions, F(2,42) = 5.90, p = 0.006.
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