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. 2016 Sep 13;12:2333–2341. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S109880

Table 2.

Correlation analysis of HRV indexes, HAMD-17 and SDS scores, and GRK2 expression in AMID patients

Variables HAMD-17
SDS
GRK2
r P-value r P-value r P-value
SDNN (ms) −0.5653 0.0352* −0.4673 0.0531 −0.5427 0.0145*
HF (ms2) −0.5238 0.0163* −0.3013 0.1850* −0.3912 0.2115
LF (ms2) −0.3882 0.0291* 0.0486 0.7062 0.2520 0.6123
LF/HF (%) −0.3653 0.0173* −0.5147 0.0176* −0.4157 0.0237*
NE (pg/mL) 0.5156 0.0097** 0.4646 0.0191* 0.5422 0.0063**
EPI (pg/mL) 0.4839 0.0176* 0.5099 0.0061** 0.5327 0.0099**

Notes: The Pearson correlation test was used for correlation analysis of the relationship between HRV index and HAMD-17 and SDS scores, and GRK2 in AMID patients.

*

P<0.05.

**

P<0.01.

Abbreviations: AMID, acute myocardial infarction with depression; EPI, epinephrine; GRK2, G protein-coupled receptor kinase-2; HAMD-17, 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; HF, high frequency; HRV, heart rate variability; LF, low frequency; NE, norepinephrine; SDNN, standard deviation of NN intervals; SDS, Self-rating Depression Scale.