Table 2. HRV parameters of patients with and without PAD before and after hemodialysis.
HRV parameters (frequency domain) | Without PAD | With PAD | ||
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Before hemodialysis | After hemodialysis | Before hemodialysis | After hemodialysis | |
LF (ms2) | 2.5 ± 0.4 | 2.9 ± 0.5 | 1.6 ± 0.6 | 2.7 ± 0.6 |
HF (ms2) | 2.3 ± 0.4 | 2.7 ± 0.4* | 1.6 ± 0.7 | 2.5 ± 0.7 |
LF% (nu) | 42.2 ± 2.2 | 47.0 ± 2.0* | 35.3 ± 3. | 40.4 ± 3.4 |
HF% (nu) | 33.0 ± 1.6 | 30.3 ± 1.3 | 33.2 ± 1.9 | 30.2 ± 1.9 |
LF/HF | 0.22± 0.12 | 0.46 ± 0.10* | -0.07 ± 0.17 | 0.16 ± 0.16 |
*P < 0.05 compared to patients before hemodialysis.
Abbreviations are the same as in Table 1.