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Table 1 Respiratory variables during baseline and fragrance inhalation of grapefruit essential oil in study 1

From: Increase in diastolic blood pressure induced by fragrance inhalation of grapefruit essential oil is positively correlated with muscle sympathetic nerve activity

 

BL

Inh-5 min

Inh-10 min

VE, L/min

8.4 ± 2.9

8.5 ± 2.8

8.1 ± 3.3

RR, breaths/min

16.2 ± 5.2

16.2 ± 4.9

16.1 ± 4.8

VO2, mL/min

236 ± 91

239 ± 93

230 ± 96

VCO2, mL/min

196 ± 80

207 ± 89

194 ± 89

RER

0.83 ± 0.08

0.86 ± 0.11

0.84 ± 0.12

  1. Values are means ± SD. Average data for 5 min of baseline (BL) and for the first (Inh-5 min) and last half (Inh-10 min) of fragrance inhalation are shown
  2. VE, minute ventilation; RR, respiratory rate, VO2, oxygen consumption rate; VCO2, carbon dioxide production rate; RER, respiratory exchange ratio