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Table 1 Mean (standard deviation) heart rate, inspired volume and anxiety variables during cold water immersions (CWI).

From: Prolonged anxiety on habituation of the cold shock response

  Heart Rate (beats.min-1) Inspired Volume (L.min-1) Anxiety
  CON 1 CON 2 MATHS CON 1 CON 2 MATHS CON 1 CON 2 MATHS
Baseline 84(14) 81(13) 80(13) 15.9(7.8) 15.7(6.1) 13.5(6.6) 5(5) 4(4) 6(5)
CWI min 1 98(18)* 92(15)* 95(15)* 47.8(28.9)* 43.1(17.1)* 43.1(20.4)* 8(6)* 6(5)* 9(6)*
CWI min 2 89(16) 82(12) 88(17) 37.9(22.0) 31.6(16.3) 34.1(18.8)    
CWI min 3 85(15) 80(13) 84(15) 32.4(20.7) 24.7(11.8) 27.0(13.8) 6(4) 5(5) 6(5)
CWI min 7 84(16) 74(12) 76(13) 25.2(21.1) 17.9(6.7) 22.7(11.7) 4(4) 4(4) 5(5)
  1. Anxiety 20 = extremely anxious, 0 = not anxious, * = different from Baseline (P < 0.05)