Research Article
Essential Oil Inhalation on Blood Pressure and Salivary Cortisol Levels in Prehypertensive and Hypertensive Subjects
Table 1
Homogeneity test before treatment among participants.
| | Characteristics | Aromatherapy
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| | Height (cm) | 170.4 ± 8.7 | 166.6 ± 8.6 | 169.5 ± 8.8 | 1.48 | .23 | | Weight (kg) | 70.6 ± 13.1 | 70.4 ± 10.9 | 71.7 ± 11.6 | 0.09 | .91 | | Age (yr) | 40.0 ± 7.1 | 41.8 ± 8.6 | 40.1 ± 7.4 | 0.46 | .64 | | Medications | | | | | | | Yes | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0.24 | .89 | | No | 25 | 23 | 24 | | Office BP (mmHg) | | | | | | | Systole | 140.6 ± 6.2 | 141.0 ± 6.2 | 140.1 ± 6.9 | 0.12 | .88 | | Diastole | 87.4 ± 7.5 | 87.0 ± 8.3 | 86.5 ± 7.9 | 0.09 | .91 | | Home BP (mmHg) | | | | | | | Systole | 136.6 ± 8.8 | 134.0 ± 9.3 | 135.1 ± 10.5 | 0.52 | .60 | | Diastole | 87.9 ± 6.5 | 84.8 ± 9.3 | 87.0 ± 9.0 | 1.04 | .36 | | Perceived stress | 79.0 ±15.5 | 75.5 ± 8.2 | 73.6 ± 10.9 | 1.07 | .35 | | Salivary cortisol (g/dL) | 0.16 ± 0.09 | 0.12 ± 0.06 | 0.11 ± 0.06 | 3.14 | .05 |
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Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation; BP: blood pressure.
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