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. 2021 May 31;18(11):5934. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18115934

Table 2.

Differences on heart rate variability depending on ambient temperature in experimental and control groups during first 5 minutes of measurement.

ANOVA (F, p, η2p)
19 °C 35 °C EG
19 °C CG
Temperature Effect Group Effect Group*Temperature Effect
Outcome Group M SD M SD p F p η 2 p F p η 2 p F p η 2 p
RR EG 1066.44 184.00 876.17 326.35 0.004 13.157 0.002 0.409 0.015 0.905 0.001 3.848 0.065 0.168
CG 982.28 177.69 996.61 159.77 1
SDNN EG 75.43 21.80 64.25 20.73 0.333 0.025 0.876 0.001 1.224 0.282 0.061 2.34 0.143 0.11
CG 71.43 21.13 73.90 21.54 0.258
RMSSD EG 76.14 28.92 52.85 29.46 0.096 0.38 0.545 0.2 0.087 0.771 0.005 3.255 0.087 0.146
CG 60.74 22.37 61.18 26.74 0.422
pNN50 EG 45.74 18.90 28.43 22.26 0.021 2.338 0.143 0.11 0.612 0.444 0.031 3.72 0.069 0.164
CG 38.76 17.20 37.35 27.75 0.785
LFln (ms2) EG 7.14 0.66 6.95 0.70 0.449 0.051 0.824 0.003 0.06 0.81 0.003 1.671 0.212 0.081
CG 6.89 0.77 6.85 0.84 0.307
LFnu EG 44.35 21.43 52.60 18.58 0.049 0.7 0.413 0.036 1.154 0.296 0.057 3.593 0.073 0.159
CG 56.49 17.60 50.97 21.68 0.473
HFln (ms2) EG 7.4 0.75 6.82 0.89 0.032 0.179 0.677 0.009 1.495 0.236 0.073 4.034 0.059 0.175
CG 6.67 0.89 6.72 1.38 0.287
HFnu EG 55.63 21.44 47.20 18.36 0.049 0.782 0.388 0.04 1.172 0.293 0.058 3.68 0.07 0.162
CG 43.38 17.60 48.90 21.69 0.484
TPln EG 8.38 0.50 8.06 0.61 0.233 0.001 0.98 <0.001 0.007 0.932 <0.001 2.981 0.1 0.136
CG 6.64 1.79 6.51 1.55 0.241
LF/HF EG 1.30 1.72 1.68 1.95 0.281 0.985 0.333 0.049 0.214 0.649 0.011 0.292 0.595 0.015
CG 1.94 0.59 1.53 0.57 0.758
SD1 EG 53.95 20.48 40.20 18.62 0.095 0.380 0.545 0.02 0.086 0.773 0.004 3.268 0.087 0.147
CG 43.04 15.85 49.00 37.37 0.421
SD2 EG 91.08 26.65 81.07 24.30 0.491 0.15 0.703 0.008 1.665 0.212 0.081 1.842 0.191 0.088
CG 91.46 29.72 89.93 22.93 0.243
SD2/SD1 EG 1.82 0.58 2.19 0.59 0.04 3.153 0.092 0.142 1.503 0.235 0.073 1.597 0.222 0.078
CG 2.96 2.09 2.21 0.69 0.728
SS EG 10.97 2.62 13.32 3.83 0.187 0.511 0.483 0.026 0.91 0.352 0.046 1.375 0.255 0.067
CG 13.28 3.34 12.92 3.81 0.755
S/PS EG 0.23 0.12 0.43 0.27 0.045 1.852 0.189 0.089 0.052 0.822 0.003 2.566 0.126 0.119
CG 0.32 0.30 0.50 0.42 0.87

HR: Heart rate; SDNN: Standard deviation of consecutive R-R intervals; pNN50: relative value of consecutive intervals that differ by more than 50 ms; RMSSD: root mean square of successive differences of consecutive R-R intervals; HFln: High-frequency power based on its natural logarithm; LFln: Low-frequency power based on its natural logarithm; HFnu: High-frequency power in normalized units; HFnu: High-frequency power in normalized units; LF/HF: Ratio between low-and high-frequency power; SD1: the standard deviation of instantaneous beat-to-beat interval variability; SD2: continuous long-term R/R interval variability; SS: Stress Score; S/PS: sympathetic-parasympathetic ratio.