Table 3.
Age-adjusted mean heart rate variability and heart rate by categories of health behavior in the male CARLA study population
| Heart rate | SDNN | LF/HF | HF | LF | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk factor | N | Mean (95%CI) | Mean (95%CI) | Mean (95%CI) | Mean (95%CI) | Mean (95%CI) | ||||||||||
| Sports-index | Q1 | 243 | 72.6 | (71.1-74.1) | † | 25.8 | (24.2-27.6) | 1.6 | (1.4-1.8) | 102.8 | (87.1-121.2) | 162.8 | (140.7-188.3) | |||
| Q2 | 255 | 72.0 | (70.5-73.5) | 24.5 | (23.0-26.1) | 1.6 | (1.4-1.8) | 100.2 | (85.3-117.8) | 158.5 | (137.5-182.8) | |||||
| Q3 | 177 | 71.9 | (70.1-73.7) | 27.6 | (25.6-29.8) | 1.6 | (1.4-1.8) | 119.5 | (98.4-145.1) | 193.1 | (162.7-229.1) | |||||
| Q4 | 215 | 69.3 | (67.7-70.9) | 27.2 | (25.4-29.2) | 1.6 | (1.4-1.8) | 121.3 | (101.7-144.6) | 198.0 | (169.5-231.2) | |||||
| Leisure time-index | Q1 | 181 | 71.5 | (69.8-73.3) | 25.6 | (23.8-27.7) | 1.5 | (1.3-1.7) | 113.6 | (93.7-137.6) | 166.1 | (140.2-196.7) | ||||
| Q2 | 234 | 73.1 | (71.6-74.7) | 26.0 | (24.3-27.8) | 1.7 | (1.5-1.9) | 104.2 | (88.0-123.4) | 173.1 | (149.1-200.9) | |||||
| Q3 | 269 | 70.1 | (68.6-71.5) | 26.1 | (24.5-27.8) | 1.5 | (1.4-1.7) | 111.6 | (95.4-130.6) | 172.8 | (150.4-198.6) | |||||
| Q4 | 208 | 71.3 | (69.7-72.9) | 26.6 | (24.8-28.6) | 1.7 | (1.5-1.9) | 108.8 | (91.0-130.2) | 188.1 | (160.6-220.4) | |||||
| Total activity-index | Q1 | 182 | 73.6 | (71.8-75.3) | † | 24.9 | (23.1-26.8) | 1.5 | (1.3-1.7) | 102.4 | (84.6-124.0) | 155.2 | (131.1-183.6) | |||
| Q2 | 236 | 71.9 | (70.4-73.5) | 25.1 | (23.5-26.8) | 1.6 | (1.5-1.8) | 98.7 | (83.5-116.8) | 160.6 | (138.5-186.3) | |||||
| Q3 | 274 | 71.0 | (69.5-72.4) | 27.3 | (25.7-29.0) | 1.6 | (1.4-1.7) | 120.5 | (103.2-140.9) | 188.5 | (164.4-216.3) | |||||
| Q4 | 198 | 69.7 | (68.0-71.3) | 27.0 | (25.1-29.0) | 1.7 | (1.5-1.9) | 115.0 | (95.8-138.2) | 196.3 | (167.0-230.8) | |||||
| No. of currently smoked tobacco products/day | none | 677 | 70.5 | (69.6-71.4) | ‡ | 26.3 | (25.3-27.3) | 1.6 | (1.5-1.8) | † | 108.8 | (98.4-120.3) | 178.7 | (163.6-195.3) | ||
| T1 | 77 | 73.3 | (70.6-76.0) | 25.9 | (23.1-29.1) | 1.8 | (1.5-2.1) | 100.0 | (74.5-134.2) | 177.0 | (136.5-229.5) | |||||
| T2 | 89 | 73.9 | (71.3-76.4) | 24.9 | (22.3-27.8) | 1.5 | (1.2-1.8) | 106.7 | (80.6-141.2) | 161.2 | (125.8-206.4) | |||||
| T3 | 49 | 77.8 | (74.3-81.2) | 26.5 | (22.8-30.8) | 1.0 | (0.8-1.3) | 140.9 | (96.6-205.5) | 148.0 | (106.1-206.6) | |||||
| Packyears of smoking | none | 191 | 70.0 | (68.3-71.7) | † | 29.2 | (27.1-31.4) | † | 1.7 | (1.5-2.0) | † | 134.3 | (111.5-161.7) | 232.6 | (197.6-274.0) | ‡ |
| T1 | 237 | 70.9 | (69.3-72.4) | 26.0 | (24.3-27.8) | 1.7 | (1.5-1.9) | 104.5 | (88.4-123.5) | 176.2 | (152.1-204.1) | |||||
| T2 | 229 | 70.8 | (69.3-72.4) | 24.7 | (23.1-26.4) | 1.7 | (1.5-1.9) | 91.5 | (77.2-108.5) | 158.5 | (136.5-184.0) | |||||
| T3 | 233 | 73.8 | (72.3-75.3) | 25.3 | (23.7-27.0) | 1.3 | (1.2-1.5) | 115.9 | (97.9-137.2) | 152.7 | (131.7-177.1) | |||||
| Alcohol (g/d) | none | 190 | 71.4 | (69.7-73.1) | 25.7 | (23.9-27.6) | 1.4 | (1.3-1.6) | 109.9 | (91.2-132.5) | 159.1 | (135.0-187.6) | ||||
| T1 | 237 | 71.5 | (70.0-73.1) | 25.6 | (23.9-27.3) | 1.7 | (1.5-1.9) | 101.0 | (85.4-119.5) | 170.6 | (147.2-197.9 | |||||
| T2 | 226 | 69.9 | (68.3-71.5) | 27.7 | (25.9-29.6) | 1.6 | (1.4-1.8) | 129.6 | (109.2-153.8) | 204.7 | (176.0-238.0) | |||||
| T3 | 237 | 72.7 | (71.2-74.3) | 25.6 | (24.0-27.4) | 1.7 | (1.5-1.9) | 101.0 | (85.3-119.5) | 168.6 | (145.3-195.7) | |||||
| Dietary pattern index | Q1 | 252 | 72.2 | (70.7-73.8) | 25.1 | (23.5-26.8) | 1.5 | (1.4-1.7) | 105.6 | (89.4-124.7) | 164.0 | (141.6-189.9) | ||||
| Q2 | 215 | 71.6 | (69.9-73.2) | 27.6 | (25.8-29.6) | 1.7 | (1.6-2.0) | 116.4 | (97.6-138.8) | 204.2 | (174.8-238.4) | |||||
| Q3 | 194 | 72.1 | (70.4-73.8) | 25.6 | (23.8-27.5) | 1.7 | (1.5-1.9) | 100.1 | (83.1-120.5) | 169.9 | (144.2-200.1) | |||||
| Q4 | 230 | 70.0 | (68.4-71.5) | 26.3 | (24.6-28.2) | 1.4 | (1.3-1.6) | 115.1 | (96.9-136.8) | 166.5 | (143.0-193.9) | |||||
Q1 = lowest quartile of health behavior, Q4 = highest quartile of health behavior; T1 = lowest tertile of health behavior (excluding non-consumer), T3 = highest tertile of health behavior (excluding non-consumer); † p < 0.01, ‡ p < 0.001 (F-test for difference between respective categories of health behavior)