Table 2.
—Parameters of Daytime HRV Before and After Sleep Fragmentation
HRV Parameter | Prefragmentation | Postfragmentation |
VLF power, ms2 | 2741.5 (374.2) | 2621.0 (308.4) |
LF power, ms2 | 2215.3 (365.2) | 3045.5 (373.7)a |
HF power, ms2 | 1751.2 (226.9) | 1334.0 (351.1)b |
LF/(HF+LF) | 0.55 (0.07) | 0.70 (0.07)a |
Values reported are mean and (SEM). See Table 1 for expansion of abbreviations.
P < .001 comparing sleep prefragmentation and postfragmentation.
P < .03 comparing sleep prefragmentation and postfragmentation.