Respiratory modulation of cardiac vagal tone in Lyme disease

Table 3 Heart rate data for the controls

Patient number	Heart rate at 20 beats before the deep breathing procedure	Heart rate 20 beats before the end of the deep breathing procedure	Heart rate two minutes after the deep breathing procedure
1	86.8	88.7	90.9
2	52.8	70.2	52.0
3	67.0	74.9	69.5
4	73.7	83.7	75.8
5	62.9	63.9	54.3
6	65.0	73.4	61.8
7	65.2	69.2	65.6
8	73.8	78.0	76.0
9	64.5	70.6	53.8
10	66.6	66.7	64.2
11	63.4	72.6	66.7
12	62.9	69.8	63.1
13	75.4	73.5	79.0
14	78.8	81.8	72.1
15	70.6	81.2	66.4
16	76.0	70.9	74.9
17	88.0	92.3	81.8
18	75.9	74.8	68.3