Table 5.

Noise limit values, correlation dimension, and largest Lyapunov exponents (LLE) of the time series according to the different coupling patterns

	Coupling Pattern				P Value
A	B	C	D
No. of patients	17	6	19	18
Noise limit, %	21±12	9.33±4.13	18±11	13±8.6	P = 0.04, I vs. II
Correlation dimension	2.5±0.2	2.3±0.4	2.3±0.3	2.5±0.3	P = 0.03, I vs. III
LLE	0.18±0.06	0.21±0.05	0.2±0.05	0.16±0.04	P = 0.04, III vs. IV

Data are means ± SD. Statistical analysis, 1-way ANOVA.