Table 2 Descriptive statistics for all measures, by group and session.

From: Slower respiration rate is associated with higher self-reported well-being after wellness training

Measure

Session

MBSR

Waitlist

HEP

LTM

Non-As

Asthma

Non-As

Asthma

Non-As

Non-As

RR

T1 mean

13.86

14.88

14.85

15.24

14.20

11.51

T1 SD

3.48

3.44

3.62

4.09

3.90

4.13

T2 mean

13.42

14.16

14.81

15.44

14.43

T2 SD

3.27

3.43

3.75

3.92

3.75

HR

T1 mean

66.52

68.30

66.27

70.23

66.67

69.88

T1 SD

8.92

8.74

6.64

9.96

10.97

11.53

T2 mean

64.94

66.16

64.87

68.74

63.54

T2 SD

9.68

9.75

8.35

11.28

8.41

Log HRV

T1 mean

7.72

7.68

7.58

7.54

7.70

7.81

T1 SD

0.80

0.71

0.76

0.78

0.95

0.96

T2 mean

7.86

7.88

7.68

7.78

7.92

T2 SD

0.82

0.94

0.83

0.83

0.96

SCL90

T1 mean

0.29

0.42

0.27

0.38

0.22

0.24

T1 SD

0.22

0.32

0.20

0.27

0.17

0.21

T2 mean

0.25

0.36

0.29

0.38

0.25

T2 SD

0.23

0.27

0.24

0.27

0.24

MSC

T1 mean

8.74

14.03

8.21

13.52

5.10

7.60

T1 SD

7.76

9.01

7.37

9.47

5.36

8.06

T2 mean

8.65

12.29

8.87

12.78

6.50

T2 SD

7.73

8.92

8.60

9.49

7.47

PWB

T1 mean

193.95

191.41

198.09

186.44

204.49

209.90

T1 SD

26.17

26.55

23.74

24.47

27.23

18.56

T2 mean

195.02

193.38

193.36

188.03

202.63

T2 SD

22.43

28.13

28.1

30.81

31.11

  1. MBSR Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction; HEP Health Enhancement Program active control; LTM long-term meditator; Non-As. adults without asthma; RR respiration rate; HR heart rate; HRV heart rate variability; SCL90 Symptoms Checklist 90; MSC Medical Symptoms Checklist; PWB Psychological Well-being; T1 time 1 pre-training session; T2 time 2 post-training session; SD standard deviation.