Table 2.

Correlations between logCRP and Heart Rate Variability Indices in the Whole Population and in Subgroups

		SDNN	SDNNindex	SDANN
All subjects	n = 269	r =–0.28‡	r =–0.24‡	r =–0.24‡
Previous MI	n = 72	r =–0.28‡	r =–0.22†	r =–0.25‡
+
–	n = 197	r =–0.26*	r =–0.30†	r =–0.25‡
Coronary artery stenosis	n = 188	r =–0.27‡	r =–0.22‡	r =–0.24†
+
–	n = 81	r =–0.29†	r =–0.28*	r =–0.24*
Current smoking	n = 98	r =–0.29†	r =–0.02	r =–0.29‡
+
–	n = 171	r =–0.22†	r =–0.31‡	r =–0.16*
Gender	n = 171	r =–0.31‡	r =–0.21†	r =–0.27‡
Male
Female	n = 98	r =–0.22*	r =–0.28†	r =–0.18

*P < 0.05; †P < 0.01; ‡P < 0.001 (Spearman's rank correlation)

MI = myocardial infarction.