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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2010 Jul 17;96(4):454–460. doi: 10.1016/j.pbb.2010.07.005

Table 3.

Between Group Comparisons of Heart Rate Variability Frequency Domain Measures During Each Cue Condition

Craving Group

High Low
MA-VR
VLF (%) 12.3±1.6 15.9±1.5
LF (%) 55.8±2.1** 69.0±2.1^^
HF (%) 31.9±3.2** 15.1±2.1^^
LF/HF 2.0±0.3** 5.4±1.0^^
LF (n.u.) 64.0±3.2** 82.1±2.3^^
HF (n.u.) 36.0±3.2** 17.9±2.3^^
MA-Video
VLF (%) 12.4±1.7 17.9±2.4
LF (%) 54.6±2.7** 67.8±3.4^^
HF (%) 33.1±3.2** 14.3±3.3^^
LF/HF 1.8±0.2** 6.6±1.3^^
LF (n.u.) 62.4±3.2** 82.8±3.9^^
HF (n.u.) 37.6±3.2** 17.2±3.9^^
Neutral-VR
VLF (%) 14.4±1.9 17.4±2.7
LF (%) 52.2±3.8 64.2±5.1
HF (%) 33.4±5.2 18.5±5.7
LF/HF 1.9±0.3* 6.7±2.1^
LF (n.u.) 61.7±5.0 78.1±6.3
HF (n.u.) 38.3±5.0 21.9±6.3
Neutral-Video
VLF (%) 14.1±1.4 16.6±2.8
LF (%) 56.1±2.9* 67.7±3.9^
HF (%) 29.8±3.7* 15.7±3.9^
LF/HF 2.3±0.5* 6.5±1.5^
LF (n.u.) 65.6±4.0* 81.4±4.3^
HF (n.u.) 34.4±4.0* 18.6±4.3^
Rest
VLF (%) 11.1±1.6 13.2±2.4
LF (%) 54.0±2.8 62.1±3.1
HF (%) 34.9±3.9 24.6±2.6
LF/HF 1.9±0.4 2.8±0.4
LF (n.u.) 61.2±4.0 71.6±2.9

Values represent mean ± S.E.M.,

** vs ^^

p<0.01;

* vs ^

p<0.05