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. 2015 Aug 3;10(8):e0120459. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120459

Table 2. HRV parameters of patients with and without PAD before and after hemodialysis.

HRV parameters (frequency domain) Without PAD With PAD
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.