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Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2013 Jul 23;22(11):1210–1221. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.04.002

Table 3.

Comparison of Cardiac Measurement by the Frequency of Engagement in MSA^†

Engagement in MSA	Baseline			Reactivity
Engagement in MSA	HR	LF-HRV	HF-HRV	HR	LF-HRV	HF-HRV

High, mean (SD)	71.49 (10.76)	5.24 (1.15)	4.65 (1.28)	2.61 (0.27)	−0.84 (0.87)	−0.61 (0.80)
Low, mean (SD)	71.26 (11.40)	4.97 (1.09)	4.42 (1.21)	2.59 (0.28)	−0.62 (0.84)	−0.44 (0.77)

t test (p value)^‡	0.21 (.944)	2.51 (.012)	1.88 (.061)	0.72 (.473)	−2.58 (.010)	−2.24 (.026)

Note.

^†

7 cases with missing MSA data and 61 cases were missing.

^‡

df = 418. Bold indicates a significant p value.