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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2013 Aug;43(8):1910–1925. doi: 10.1007/s10803-012-1741-3

Table 3.

Summary of HRV results. The results are represented as group mean ± standard deviation.

HRV
measurement
phase
AHR (bmp)* SDNN (ms)* rMSSD
(ms)*
LF/HF (n.u.) HFN (%)
TD 1 90.1±12.4 64.2±24.3 38.2±20.5 2.7±1.6 31.2±10.3
2 90.0±12.1 69.7±24.3 36.9±17.7 4.5±5.2 22.8±8.0
3 93.1±12.5 66.4±28.0 32.6±17.1 3.4±1.6 26.3±10.0
4 91.0±13.0 72.0±26.3 36.4±18.2 4.4±3.0 22.7±9.5
5 92.9±13.3 65.4±27.2 33.2±17.7 4.1±0.3 25.2±10.5

ASD 1 95.2±14.0 56.9±20.1 32.2±15.6 2.9±1.8 29.5±10.8
2 96.1±13.7 61.1±20.9 31.4±15.6 3.7±2.1 24.7±9.9
3 99.8±12.9 56.8±23.4 27.4±14.0 3.4±1.7 25.2±8.3
4 97.0±13.0 60.6±23.8 30.6±15.5 3.7±1.9 24.1±8.4
5 99.4±13.4 57.1±23.3 28.0±13.9 3.8±2.6 24.3±9.3

NDD 1 100.1±13.8 51.4±18.3 27.9±12.6 2.4±1.2 32.6±10.4
2 98.9±13.1 54.6±18.2 28.6±12.3 3.1±1.6 27.3±9.1
3 105.3±13.4 44.8±13.6 22.1±9.1 3.0±1.3 26.9±7.5
4 101.5±13.8 51.5±19.2 26.7±12.2 3.7±2.0 24.6±9.6
5 104.7±14.5 45.9±15.4 23.3±12.3 3.5±1.8 25.5±9.4
*

Significant group difference (ANCOVA p< 0.0001).

bmp = beats per minute

SDNN = standard deviation of normal to normal (NN) intervals

rMSSD = root mean square of successive differences

LF = low frequency

HF = high frequency