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. 2023 Jul 5;13:10909. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-36389-6

Table 3.

Changes of circadian and circasemidian amplitude of heart rate and heart rate variability along with long-duration spaceflight missions.

Before launch ISS01 ISS02 Before launch ISS01 ISS02
Mission 1 Mission 2 Mission 1 Mission 2 Mission 1 Mission 2 Mission 1 Mission 2 Mission 1 Mission 2 Mission 1 Mission 2
HR (b/min) MESOR 72.86 66.61 71.65 68.18 79.42 70.03 β (0.0001–0.01 Hz) MESOR  − 1.173 1.072  − 1.147 0.942  − 1.070 0.867
Circadian amplitude 4.40 9.71 11.22 (255%) 8.38 11.93 (271%) 12.11 (125%) Circadian amplitude 0.172 0.287 0.521 (303%) 0.356 0.401 (233%) 0.253
Circasemidian amplitude 13.2 5.3 6.8 5.5 8.2 7.4 Circasemidian amplitude 0.194 0.127 0.094 0.144 0.329 0.294
NN-interval (ms) MESOR 853.15 930.80 866.30 897.60 778.60 882.90 LF-component (ms2) (0.05–0.15 Hz) MESOR 1205.8 1097.6 791.6 740.4 655.9 801.0
Circadian amplitude 48.14 129.80 128.70 (267%) 114.20 119.40 (248%) 148.50 (114%) Circadian amplitude 441.8 375.6 20.1 33.7 102.9 254.2
Circasemidian amplitude 138.3 82.1 83.3 75.9 81.2 89.5 Circasemidian amplitude 352.7 295.0 104.6 36.2 61.1 139.4
r-MSSD (ms) MESOR 43.45 58.94 42.45 34.68 27.16 43.92 HF-component (ms2) (0.15–0.50 Hz) MESOR 443.5 728.8 319.9 284.5 168.0 485.1
Circadian amplitude 4.21 29.70 4.17 7.90 1.14 14.37 Circadian amplitude 56.0 715.1 37.6 115.4 18.1 402.5
Circasemidian amplitude 17.32 24.01 1.41 4.24 0.73 11.60 Circasemidian amplitude 287.8 607.0 26.1 63.4 12.6 307.4
pNN50 ( % ) MESOR 16.86 21.19 18.34 9.52 6.25 12.92 LF-band (ms2) (0.01–0.05 Hz) MESOR 1612.5 2156.2 1117.0 1087.6 827.5 1331.9
Circadian amplitude 5.40 8.25 3.36 2.99 0.26 2.50 Circadian amplitude 612.2 785.3 295.2 217.0 230.0 605.4
Circasemidian amplitude 8.27 7.17 1.01 2.92 0.39 4.05 Circasemidian amplitude 930.1 605.9 107.1 216.1 234.6 640.1
LF/HF (–) MESOR 4.42 3.31 3.60 4.36 5.61 4.01 MF1-band (ms2) (0.05–0.10 Hz) MESOR 763.2 803.1 549.2 498.4 434.1 550.5
Circadian amplitude 0.58 1.12 0.39 0.85 0.36 0.52 Circadian amplitude 207.4 228.4 56.1 88.4 123.4 171.5
Circasemidian amplitude 1.26 0.76 0.16 0.85 0.86 1.23 Circasemidian amplitude 217.2 232.0 94.8 39.1 54.9 167.9
TF (ms2) (0.0001–0.50 Hz) MESOR 8012.5 9851.4 8563.9 5578.0 4717.9 6756.6 MF2-band (ms2) (0.10–0.15 Hz) MESOR 442.6 437.9 242.4 245.1 221.8 290.9
Circadian amplitude 3927.2 3408.7 6385.6 (163%) 2827.0 2152.4 2721.3 Circadian amplitude 234.9 88.9 49.9 66.1 76.1 73.7
Circasemidian amplitude 311.3 3434.1 1785.5 (574%) 1710.7 1473.0 (473%) 1167.1 Circasemidian amplitude 140.2 110.4 29.5 42.5 52.8 42.7
ULF (ms2) (0.0001–0.003 Hz) MESOR 4059.4 5071.0 5874.3 2924.9 2717.5 3449.9 HF-band (ms2) (0.15–0.20 Hz) MESOR 181.9 444.2 107.6 102.0 63.8 154.5
Circadian amplitude 2721.4 3021.9 6757.7 (248%) 3060.2 2255.6 3422.8 Circadian amplitude 33.4 529.3 6.1 16.3 9.7 90.6
Circasemidian amplitude 1712.6 1776.2 1692.6 1683.5 1449.8 2469.7 Circasemidian Amplitude 123.2 460.1 1.9 5.5 5.8 101.8
VLF (ms2) (0.003–0.04 Hz) MESOR 2606.3 3455.9 1582.1 1538.2 1140.9 1856.1 HF02-band (ms2) (0.20–0.30 Hz) MESOR 157.4 300.2 122.6 116.4 63.6 187.0
Circadian amplitude 1112.3 954.2 304.4 87.7 351.5 756.2 Circadian amplitude 16.8 271.7 37.1 (221%) 69.1 17.8 169.8
Circasemidian amplitude 1520.8 1207.1 114.3 327.7 335.2 929.7 Circasemidian amplitude 99.0 271.7 19.4 40.4 5.7 117.8
LF (ms2) (0.04–0.15 Hz) MESOR 1395.8 1487.1 937.0 874.7 772.1 982.7 HF03-band (ms2) (0.30–0.40 Hz) MESOR 69.6 140.6 55.6 43.6 25.4 92.8
Circadian amplitude 483.1 382.0 25.2 52.9 122.1 162.1 Circadian amplitude 10.5 142.6 2.6 21.9 1.8 68.4
Circasemidian amplitude 392.2 390.8 125.5 15.1 84.7 220.3 Circasemidian amplitude 43.5 112.3 6.7 12.5 3.8 54.4
HF (ms2) (0.15–0.40 Hz) MESOR 408.89 909.60 285.70 262.40 152.75 443.30 HF04-band (ms2) (0.40–0.50 Hz) MESOR 34.6 60.7 34.2 23.0 15.2 47.3
Circadian amplitude 56.82 988.70 40.46 104.60 19.29 286.70 Circadian amplitude 1.0 60.8 3.1 (317%) 9.8 1.6 30.1
Circasemidian amplitude 265.3 821.4 23.9 55.6 12.3 260.5 Circasemidian amplitude 24.2 46.6 5.7 6.4 1.8 19.9

Mission 2 took place about 4 years after Mission 1; ISS01 and ISS02 took place on days 18/21 and 67/181 after launch during mission 1/2, respectively.

Results highlighted in bold indicate changes larger than 200%.