Table 3.
Pearson correlation of LF-HF ratio with age, BMI, basal heart rate, blood pressure and rate pressure product (RPP) of subjects of various groups
| |
Group 1 |
Group 2 |
Group 3 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | p | r | p | r | p | |
| Age |
0.072 |
0.683 |
0.171 |
0.393 |
0.050 |
0.774 |
| BMI |
0.121 |
0.490 |
0.156 |
0.438 |
0.230 |
0.295 |
| BHR |
0.087 |
0.620 |
0.202 |
0.311 |
0.234 |
0.170 |
| SBP |
0.131 |
0.452 |
0.113 |
0.575 |
0.017 |
0.921 |
| DBP |
0.117 |
0.505 |
0.542 |
0.003 |
0.456 |
0.009 |
| RPP | 0.085 | 0.629 | 0.186 | 0.354 | 0.207 | 0.225 |
The p values less than 0.05 was considered significant. Group 1: Normotensive subjects with normal BMI; Group 2: Prehypertensive subjects with normal BMI; Group 3: Prehypertensive subjects with higher BMI.