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. 2018 Oct 25;56(2):e13287. doi: 10.1111/psyp.13287

Table 5.

Impact of HRV adjustment on the effect sizes in repeated measures analyses

Mean SD Mean SD NTR
HR Heart period
Sleep 63.2 8.3 979.9 134.3
Leisure 70.8 10.0 878.9 128.2
Work 84.9 10.7 747.7 103.2 Mean SD Δ (from sleep level) Effect size
SDNN cSDNN cvSDNN SDNN cSDNN cvSDNN SDNN cSDNN cvSDNN
Sleep 91.8 28.0 503.8 114.6 9.3 2.1
Leisure 76.0 28.4 324.6 103.7 8.6 2.7 –15.7 –180.5 –0.71 –0.56 –1.57 –0.33
Work 76.6 21.4 317.0 69.7 10.2 2.2 –16.3 –191.9 +0.81 –0.58 –1.67 +0.38
RMSSD cRMSSD cvRMSSD RMSSD cRMSSD cvRMSSD RMSSD cRMSSD cvRMSSD
Sleep 52.9 26.5 604.3 263.6 5.3 2.3
Leisure 45.5 25.6 497.4 241.6 5.0 2.5 –7.3 –110.7 –0.24 –0.28 –0.42 –0.10
Work 32.8 15.6 257.0 104.5 4.3 1.8 –20.9 –355.9 –1.06 –0.79 –1.35 –0.45
pvRSA cpvRSA cvpvRSA pvRSA cpvRSA cvpvRSA pvRSA cpvRSA cvpvRSA
Sleep 54.8 24.7 195.1 85.2 5.6 2.4
Leisure 51.5 24.9 218.9 99.8 5.8 2.6 –3.3 +23.4 +0.23 –0.13 +0.27 +0.10
Work 40.3 15.8 153.4 55.7 5.4 1.9 –14.5 –41.6 –0.22 –0.59 –0.49 –0.09
Mean SD Mean SD MIDUS
HR Heart period
Baseline 72.2 10.8 850.5 129.9
Math 75.4 11.2 814.2 124.5
Stroop 76.3 11.4 804.2 123.3 Mean SD Δ (from baseline level) Effect size
SDNN cSDNN cvSDNN SDNN cSDNN cvSDNN SDNN cSDNN cvSDNN
Baseline 36.2 17.8 145.0 65.6 4.2 1.9
Math 30.6 15.0 125.5 56.0 3.7 1.7 –5.4 –24.3 –0.49 –0.31 –0.37 –0.26
Stroop 29.8 15.6 107.1 50.6 3.7 1.7 –6.2 –42.6 –0.53 –0.35 –0.65 –0.28
RMSSD cRMSSD cvRMSSD RMSSD cRMSSD cvRMSSD RMSSD cRMSSD cvRMSSD
Baseline 23.8 17.9 225.7 148.9 2.7 1.9
Math 21.4 15.8 224.0 133.1 2.6 1.7 –2.4 –3.3 –0.18 –0.13 –0.02 –0.10
Stroop 19.5 15.1 194.0 128.7 2.4 1.6 –4.3 –32.9 –0.38 –0.24 –0.22 –0.20
HF cHF cvHF HF cHF cvHF HF cHF cvHF
Baseline 344.4 760.4 17,607 32,784 38.1 79.8
Math 269.0 525.5 17,406 27,536 30.9 56.9 –68.8 137 –6.50 –0.09 +0.001 –0.08
Stroop 203.7 500.3 20,903 42,557 23.5 54.4 –130.8 3,423 –13.68 –0.17 +0.10 –0.17

Δ denotes the within‐individual change from sleep level (NTR) or baseline level (MIDUS). It can differ slightly from the subtraction of the condition means, because only subjects with complete data were used for the change scores. Effect size denotes the average size of the within‐individual change expressed as proportion of the standard deviation during the sleep (NTR) or baseline condition. c[HRV] adjustment by Monfredi method; cv[HRV] adjustment by van Roon method. Unadjusted effect sizes, effect size on c[HRV] adjustment, effect size on cv[HRV] adjustment.