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. 2013 Aug 14;6:32. doi: 10.1186/1755-7682-6-32

Table 4.

Mean and standard deviation for time-domain indices between before and after the postural change maneuver in the music protocol

Index Seated rest Music 0-5 min 5-10 min 10-15 min p
SDNN (ms)
44.2±14
53.7±16
50.2±14
47.6±11
46.2±9
0.580
RMSSD (ms)
35.7±15
37.4±15
24.9±9
*21.7±7
22.5±6
0.023
pNN50 (%) 16.9±16 17.7±15 7.2±7 *4.1±4 4.6±4 0.030

*Different from Music. N=12.

Legend: SDNN standard deviation of normal-to-normal R-R intervals, pNN50 the percentage of adjacent RR intervals with a difference of duration greater than 50 ms, RMSSD root-mean square of differences between adjacent normal RR intervals in a time interval, ms millisecond.