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. 2017 Jun 7;12(6):e0179132. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179132

Table 2. Correlation between blood pressure variability and orthostatic intolerance symptom scores.

Variables SD CV
r p-value r p-value
Total SBPV 0.117 0.239 0.157 0.114
Total DBPV 0.22 0.025* 0.273 0.005**
Awake SBPV 0.136 0.171 -0.015 0.88
Awake DBPV 0.244 0.013* 0.291 0.003**
Sleep SBPV 0.105 0.289 0.169 0.088
Sleep DBPV 0.1 0.317 0.158 0.111

The correlation coefficient (r) was estimated by the Pearson’s correlation analysis (n = 103). Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; CV, coefficient of variation; SBPV, systolic blood pressure variability; DBPV, diastolic blood pressure variability

*p < 0.05

**p < 0.01

Blood pressure variability measured by the standard deviation,

Blood pressure variability measured by the coefficient of variation