Table 2.

Correlation coefficient r of the regression line of sBRS_SEQ on the sine of the tilt table angles as a function of the minimal |ΔMSNA| and τ_MSNA−DAP.

	τMSNA−DAP = 0 beats	τMSNA−DAP = 1 beats	τMSNA−DAP = 2 beats	τMSNA−DAP = 3 beats
|ΔMSNA|>0.00 bursts.s−1	0.302*	0.026	0.123	0.161
|ΔMSNA|>0.05 bursts.s−1	0.307*	0.015	0.128	0.160
|ΔMSNA|>0.10 bursts.s−1	0.297*	0.003	0.136	0.150
|ΔMSNA|>0.15 bursts.s−1	0.274	−0.030	0.100	0.147
|ΔMSNA|>0.20 bursts.s−1	0.238	−0.038	0.116	0.127
|ΔMSNA|>0.25 bursts.s−1	0.260	0.102	0.048	0.105
|ΔMSNA|>0.30 bursts.s−1	0.265	0.155	0.126	0.071
|ΔMSNA|>0.35 bursts.s−1	0.212	0.020	0.138	0.227
|ΔMSNA|>0.40 bursts.s−1	0.201	−0.029	0.126	0.263
|ΔMSNA|>0.45 bursts.s−1	0.275	0.084	0.230	0.278
|ΔMSNA|>0.50 bursts.s−1	0.269	0.184	0.227	0.272

sBR, sympathetic baroreflex; sBRS_SEQ, sBR sensitivity computed with the sBR sequence method; |ΔMSNA|, absolute value of the total MSNA burst rate variation during a spontaneous sBR sequence; τ_MSNA−DAP, lag between MSNA and DAP. The symbol

^*indicates a p < 0.05.