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. 2022 Feb 24;18(1):57–67. doi: 10.12965/jer.2142644.322

Table 3.

Heart rate variability measurements during the 24 hr following the HIIE sessions or the no-exercise control session

Variable 24-Hr period Nighttime period Daytime period



CON Land-based HIIE Water-based HIIE CON Land-based HIIE Water-based HIIE CON Land-based HIIE Water-based HIIE
HR (beats/min) 74.4±6.4 78.4±6.4 78.6±7.5†† 60.1±5.4 62.3±2.8 62.6±5.2 84.1±9.0 87.5±10.3 85.6±12.7

R interval (msec) 856.0±77.3 809.7±64.1 813.4±82.4†† 1,034.0±98.2 981.5±43.9 990.6±83.8†† 740.3±84.2 712.1±90.9 731.7±113.9

SDNN (msec) 197.1±32.0 180.2±25.4 189.2±45.1 156.5±45.0 118.9±25.6 145.7±45.4 120.5±32.4 108.6±45.7 106.0±37.3

pNN50 (%) 26.6±8.4 21.0±7.1†† 22.2±10.2†† 47.1±12.5 39.3±10.7 41.9±13.8 12.6±7.0 10.6±8.1 13.1±12.7

RMSSD (msec) 68.1±19.5 54.3±16.3†† 60.4±24 88.7±23.1 70.4±18.0 80.2±29.7 43.6±13.7 37.6±20.7 40.9±23.7

lnHF (msec2) 7.3±0.5 6.9±0.5†† 7.0±0.6†† 7.8±0.5 7.4±0.6 7.6±0.6 6.2±0.6 5.8±0.8 5.9±1.0

lnLF (msec2) 7.4±0.4 7.1±0.4†† 7.2±0.5†† 7.5±0.6 7.2±0.6 7.3±0.6 6.9±0.3 6.8±0.5 6.8±0.6

lnVLF (msec2) 8.8±0.3 8.6±0.3 8.6±0.4 8.8±0.4 8.4±0.4 8.6±0.5 8.0±0.5 7.8±0.6 7.8±0.7

lnTP (msec2) 9.2±0.3 8.9±0.3†† 9.0±0.4 9.3±0.4 8.9±0.5 9.1±0.5 8.5±0.5 8.2±0.6 8.2±0.7

LF/HF ratio 1.1±0.3 1.3±0.3 1.2±0.3 0.8±0.3 0.9±0.3 0.8±0.3 2.1±0.8 2.8±1.0 2.7±1.0

SD1 (msec) 48.1±13.8 38.4±11.5†† 42.7±17.0 62.7±16.3 49.8±12.8 56.7±21.0 30.8±9.7 26.6±14.6 28.9±16.8

SD2 (msec) 274.4±44.4 251.8±34.8 263.9±62.3 211.7±63.1 160.6±34.3 197.9±61.3 167.5±45.2 151.1±63.1 146.9±50.7

SD2/SD1 6.0±1.4 6.9±1.4†† 6.6±1.8 3.5±0.9 3.3±0.5 3.6±0.5 5.6±1.2 6.0±1.3 5.7±1.5

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation.

HIIE, high-intensity interval exercise; CON, no-exercise control; HR, heart rate; SDNN, standard deviation of all RR intervals; pNN50, percentage of consecutive RR intervals that differ by >50 msec; RMSSD, root mean square of differences of successive RR intervals; lnHF, logarithm high frequency; lnLF, logarithm low frequency; lnVLF, logarithm very low frequency; lnTP, logarithm total power; LF/HF ratio, ratio of absolute LF power to HF power; SD1, the standard deviation of the distance of each point from the y=x-axis; SD2, the standard deviation of each point from the y=x+average RR interval; SD2/SD1, ratio of SD2 to SD1.

P<0.05 and

††

P<0.01 to between-group comparison (vs. CON).