Table 5.

Spearman Correlation (r) between Age, BMI, WHR PP RPP and Heart Rate Variability Indices Obtained from 5‐Minute RR Tachogram in Normotensive (NT; n = 17) and Hypertensives (HT; n = 35)

Parameter		Rest					Standing
		SDNN	LF p	HF p	LF+HF p	LF nu	SDNN	LF p	HF p	LF+HF p	LF nu
Age	NT	−0.4	−0.3	0.1	−0.1	−0.5	−0.3	−0.4	−0.4	−0.3	−0.2
	HT	−0.2	−0.1	−0.4*	−0.3	0.5†	−0.2	−0.1	−0.2	−0.2	0
BMI	NT	−0.2	−0.1	−0.3	−0.2	0.5*	0	0	−0.3	−0.1	0.3
	HT	−0.2	−0.2	−0.1	−0.2	−0.1	−0.2	−0.3	−0.3	−0.3	−0.1
WHR	NT	−0.4	−0.4	−0.5†	−0.5*	0.3	−0.5	−0.2	−0.6*	−0.3	0.4
	HT	−0.1	0	−0.1	−0.1	0.1	−0.3	−0.3	0	−0.3	−0.3
PP	NT	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.2	0	0.2	0.4
	HT	−0.3	−0.3	−0.4*	−0.4*	0.1	−0.4*	−0.4*	−0.4*	−0.4*	0
RPP at rest	NT	0	−0.3	−0.2	−0.3	−0.4	0.1	−0.1	0.1	0	−0.2
	HT	−0.6†	−0.5†	−0.5†	−0.5†	0.2	−0.7†	−0.5†	0.7†	−0.5†	0.3

*P < 0.05.

^† P < 0.01.