Table 2. Association of heart rate variability measures with inflammatory markers.
| HRV measure | Log interleukin-6 | Log fibrinogen | Log C-reactive protein | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 1 | Model 2 | |||||||
| r | p value | r | p value | r | p value | r | p value | r | p value | r | p value | |
| Mean NN (ms) | −0.11 | 0.002 | −0.08 | 0.017 | −0.08 | 0.026 | −0.03 | 0.415 | −0.16 | <0.001 | −0.11 | 0.003 |
| SDNN (ms) | −0.19 | <0.001 | −0.14 | <0.001 | −0.12 | 0.001 | −0.06 | 0.105 | −0.14 | <0.001 | −0.08 | 0.016 |
| SDANN (ms) | −0.18 | <0.001 | −0.14 | <0.001 | −0.11 | 0.001 | −0.05 | 0.152 | −0.14 | <0.001 | −0.08 | 0.020 |
| RMSSD (ms) | −0.02 | 0.568 | −0.02 | 0.577 | −0.03 | 0.431 | −0.01 | 0.788 | <0.01 | 0.965 | <0.01 | 0.918 |
Model 1: adjusted for age
Model 2: adjusted for age, sex, race (White vs. non-White), body mass index, use of beta blockers, history of diabetes, history of congestive heart failure, history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and current smoking
Shown are partial correlation coefficients with p values