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. 2020 Jun 15;17(12):4252. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17124252

Table 3.

Results of heart rate variability during NREM and REM sleep (n = 7).

Sleep-Stage NREM REM NREM + REM
Trial Control Evacuation Shelter Car Control Evacuation Shelter Car Control Evacuation Shelter Car
Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean
(95% CI) (95% CI) (95% CI) (95% CI) (95% CI) (95% CI) (95% CI) (95% CI) (95% CI)
Mean RR 1155.8 1095.5 1146.6 1092.9 1039.5 1086.4 1139.9 1087.0 1134.3
(ms) (1045–1266) (953–1238) (1007–1286) (990–1196) (924–155) (952–1221) (1033–1247) (956–1218) (997–1272)
HF.p 28.7 28.5 29.7 12.5 12.3 13.3 24.4 24.7 26.3
(%) (24.1–33.3) (22.3–34.8) (23.2–36.1) (10.5–14.4) (8.2–16.3) (10.7–15.9) (20.2–28.6) (19.2–30.2) (21.1–31.4)
LF.p 22.4 24.8 26.2 23.1 24.5 24.6 22.5 24.5 25.8
(%) (18.0–26.8) (20.6–29.1) (21.1–31.2) (19.6–26.7) (19.9–29.1) (20.5–28.6) (18.5–26.5) (20.4–28.6) (21.1–30.5)
LF/HF 1.41 1.87 1.62 2.30 3.35 2.45 1.65 2.27 1.78
ratio (1.0–1.8) (1.0–2.7) (1.1–2.2) (1.7–2.9) (2.1–4.6) (1.8–3.1) (1.2–2.1) (1.2–3.4) (1.3–2.3)

NREM: non-rapid eye movement; REM: rapid eye movement; HF.p: high frequency divided by its total power; LF.p: low frequency divided by its total power; LF/HF ratio: low frequency/high frequency ratio; CI: confidence interval.