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. 2007 Nov 1;30(11):1509–1514. doi: 10.1093/sleep/30.11.1509

Table 3.

Time and Frequency Domain Measures of HRV with SDB Stratified into OSA and CSA Conditions

Stable OSA CSA P OSAvCSA
TIME DOMAIN
mean HR (bpm) 67.1±11.7 64.0±9.6 68.6±12.6 ns
meanNN (ms) 920±155 956±135 900±152 ns
medianNN (ms) 920±154 960±136 902±156 ns
maxNN (ms) 992±172 1093±154 * 1003±160 ns
minNN (ms) 851±140 782±113 * 786±122 * ns
rangeNN (ms) 141±76 318±132 # 217±76 ^ 0.037
SDNN (ms) 22.6±12.1 51.3±23.8 # 40.9±18.4 # ns
SDdNN (ms) 29.6±12.4 30.9±17.5 ^ 16.4±7.1 0.020
NN50 (count) 28.6±55.8 70.2±82.7 * 10.1±12.2 0.032
FREQUENCY DOMAIN
TP ln (ms2) 2.54±0.48 3.33±0.40 # 3.13±0.43 # ns
VLF ln (ms2) 1.89±0.54 3.00±0.45 # 2.92±0.47 # ns
LF ln (ms2) 1.81±0.61 2.52±0.55 # 2.10±0.47 0.049
HF ln (ms2) 1.89±0.61 2.34±0.58 ^ 1.69±0.41 0.004
LF/HF 1.18±1.01 2.04±1.53 ^ 3.29±2.36 # ns
VLF% 34.5±11.9 60.9±19.2 # 78.9±13.4 # 0.008
LF% 29.1±10.9 23.1±13.8 14.2±8.8 # 0.048
HF% 36.4±18.0 16.0±11.7 # 6.9±7.8 # 0.043

OSA and CSA comparison to stable breathing shown by symbols P <0.05, ^P <0.01, #P <0.001. P OSAvCSA refers to OSA and CSA comparison.