Figure 6.
Assessment of HRV (SDNN) in wildtye and NPR-C−/− mice after correcting for heart rate. (A) Plot of SDNN in NPR-C+/+ and NPR-C−/− mice in different conditions as a function of HR. Data were fit with an exponential function to correct for HR as detailed in the methods. (B) Linear regression analysis of uncorrected SDNN as a function of HR in NPR-C+/+ and NPR-C−/− mice (same mice as used in panel A). (C) Linear regression analysis of corrected SDNN as a function of HR in NPR-C+/+ and NPR-C−/− mice. Correlation coefficients in panels B and C obtained using Pearson’s correlation. (D) Summary data illustrating corrected SDNN in NPR-C+/+ and NPR-C−/− mice. *P < 0.05 vs. NPR-C+/+ within activity phase by two-way ANOVA with the Holm-Sidak posthoc test; n = 10 NPR-C+/+ mice and 10 NPR-C−/− mice.