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. 2009 Feb 17;64A(6):682–687. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glp013

Table 4.

Associations of Age With HRV Indices in Unadjusted and Adjusted (for race, CVD status, diabetes, and beta-blocker use) Linear Regression Models

Unadjusted Model
Adjusted Model
Coefficient p Value Coefficient p Value
SDNN .02 .83 .002 .98
RMSSD .12 .12 .13 .08
pNN50 .13 .09 .14 .07
VLF −.11 .13 −.14 .06
LF .07 .35 .06 .43
HF .11 .14 .13 .10
LF/HF −.07 .17 −.10 .05
PC1 .15 .36 .15 .37
PC2 −.19 <.01 −.23 <.001

Note: HRV = heart rate variability; CVD = cardiovascular disease; VLF = very low frequency; LF = low frequency; HF = high frequency; SDNN = standard deviation of N-N intervals; pNN50 = proportion of all N-N intervals that are larger than 50 ms; RMSSD = root-mean-squared differences of successive N-N intervals; PC = principal components.