Table 3.

Distribution of outcome variables among the 42 Faroese whaling men.

Outcome	Geometric mean	Interquartile range	Total range	Correlationa
IMT (mm)
Mean	0.82	0.72–0.91	0.60–1.50	(1)
Maximum	1.09	0.98–1.17	0.78–2.35	0.92
Minimum	0.58	0.51–0.66	0.41–0.96	0.94
HRV
CVRR%	2.99	2.14–4.34	1.26–8.59	(1)
C-CVLF	1.75	1.29–2.53	0.50–5.25	0.73
C-CVHF	1.30	0.90–1.77	0.27–3.91	0.79
CVFb
Blood pressure (mmHg)
Diastolic	85.0	80–90	65–105	(1)
Systolic	137.33	125–150	110–199	0.79
Heart rate (per second)	62.6	56–69	42–81	0.39
BAEP peak latency (msec)
20 Hz
I	1.82	1.65–1.92	1.57–2.55	0.67
III	4.15	3.95–4.32	3.65–4.96	0.85
V	6.07	5.85–6.37	5.57–6.74	(1)
40 Hz
I	1.92	1.82–2.02	1.58–2.68	0.58
III	4.27	4.05–4.49	3.75–4.92	0.82
V	6.21	5.98–6.43	5.69–6.88	0.91

^aCorrelation of each variable with the referent variable in each group.

^bFor BPs and heart rate, the results are given as arithmetic means.