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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 27.
Published in final edited form as: Early Hum Dev. 2012 Jan 20;88(7):539–546. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.12.017

Table 2. Fetal HR and HRV metrics fitted by the mixed models.

Exercise vs. Control Apnea vs. Breathing Group-by-condition



Estimate SE p Estimate SE P Estimate SE p
Epoch Duration (sec) 15.8 7.86 0.062 −0.94 0.41 0.13 0.97 0.59 0.11
Log HF 0.81 0.25 0.028 −1.40 0.21 <0001 0.65 0.29 0.033
Log RSA 0.64 0.27 0.11 −1.17 0.21 <.0001 0.52 0.30 0.09
Log RMSSD 0.34 0.14 0.077 −0.49 0.10 <.0001 0.22 0.14 0.11
Log HRV 1.28 0.37 0.013 0.06 0.33 0.016 1.06 0.46 0.029
Log Total Power 1.06 0.36 0.057 −0.34 0.30 0.62 0.96 0.42 0.029
Log VLF 1.25 0.45 0.064 −0.003 0.42 0.057 1.18 0.59 0.056
LogLF 1.01 0.46 0.069 −0.37 0.35 0.74 0.58 0.49 0.25
Log INT 1.22 0.42 0.032 −1.05 0.32 0.009 0.83 0.45 0.078
IBI (msec) 33.6 10.5 0.008 −27.8 5.22 <.0001 10.7 7.40 0.16
HR(bpm) −10.3 3.50 0.01 8.68 1.65 <0001 2.36 2.33 0.32
Log VLF/LF 0.24 0.41 0.96 0.37 0.41 0.038 0,51 0.58 0.38
Log VLF/HF 0.59 0.46 0.48 1.40 0.46 <0001 0.70 0.65 0.29
Log LF/HF 0.20 0.37 0.55 1.02 0.31 <0001 0.05 0.44 0.92

based on Type 3 tests for the fixed effects

mixed models include random intercepts only