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. 2024 May 3;19(5):1345–1351. doi: 10.1007/s11739-024-03622-7

Table 2.

Basal 5-minues HRV analysis after 10 min of supine rest in tVVS and controls

Parameter Syncope (n = 39) No Syncope (n = 52) p-value
Maximal RR (ms) 1041.2 ± 164.5 1109.9 ± 212.6 0.10
Minimal RR (ms) 670.1 ± 98.0 672.0 ± 105.4 0.93
Average RR (ms) 860.8 ± 118.6 886.8 ± 130.4 0.33
SDNN (ms) 61.1 ± 28.0 71.4 ± 34.5 0.13
RMSSD (ms) 61.2 ± 49.6 69.8 ± 40.8 0.37
HRV triangular index 17.6 ± 6.1 18.6 ± 7.2 0.47
NN50 (n) 45.3 ± 34.7 55.4 ± 35.4 0.18
pNN50 (%) 13.9 ± 11.4 16.7 ± 11.4 0.24
VLF (ms2) 176.8 ± 83.3 155.9 ± 84.3 0.24
LF (ms2) 155.8 ± 78.4 165.1 ± 66.4 0.55
HF (ms2) 200.6 ± 93.5 211.4 ± 88.0 0.57
Total power (ms2) 584.9 ± 99.1 575.7 ± 85.2 0.64
LF/HF 1.2 ± 1.4 1.0 ± 0.7 0.47
ln (NN50) 3.3 ± 1.4 3.6 ± 1.3 0.27
ln (pNN50) 2.1 ± 1.3 2.3 ± 1.4 0.37
ln (VLF) 5.0 ± 0.6 4.9 ± 0.6 0.31
ln (LF) 4.9 ± 0.6 5.0 ± 0.5 0.34
ln (HF) 5.2 ± 0.5 5.3 ± 0.5 0.42
ln (total power) 6.4 ± 0.3 6.3 ± 0.2 0.95
ln (LF/HF)  – 0.3 ± 0.9  – 0.3 ± 0.8 0.89

RR  time between two successive R-waves, HR  heart rate, SDNN  standard deviation of NN interval, RMSSD  root mean square of successive differences, HRV  heart rate variability, NN50  number of times successive heartbeat intervals exceed 50ms, VLF  very low frequency, LF  low frequency, HF  high frequency