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. 2022 Mar 10;22(6):2140. doi: 10.3390/s22062140

Table 5.

Median (25th and 75th percentile) values of estimated nonlinear parameters for DS, TD, and specific TD age groups (6 YC, 7–8 YC, 9–10 YC, 15 YA, and 25 YA). Asterisks indicate significant differences, described between brackets.

DS 6 YC 7–8 YC 9–10 YC 15 YA 25 YA
FF 0.88 [0.82 0.96] 1.23 [1.16 1.35] 1.09 [1.03 1.15] 1.07 [1.01 1.11] 0.98 [0.91 1.00] 0.89 [0.85 0.95] * (DS < 6 YC; DS < 7–8 YC; DS < 9–10 YC)
HRv 1.33 [1.13 1.53] 2.15 [1.55 2.59] 2.21 [1.92 2.61] 2.41 [2.12 3.03] 1.86 [1.69 2.48] 2.31 [2.04 2.70] * (DS < 6 YC; DS < 7–8 YC; DS < 9–10 YC; DS < 15 YA; DS < 25 YA)
HRml 1.27 [1.18 1.45] 1.45 [1.34 1.72] 1.38 [1.19 1.81] 1.51 [1.19 1.89] 1.22 [1.12 1.64] 1.42 [1.24 1.55]
HRap 1.42 [1.13 1.49] 1.95 [1.53 2.51] 1.97 [1.77 2.31] 2.16 [1.81 2.61] 1.76 [1.62 2.29] 2.19 [1.74 2.44] * (DS < 6 YC; DS < 7.8 YC; DS < 9–10 YC; DS < 15 YA; DS < 25 YA)
SEN V tao = 1 0.37 [0.31 0.42] 0.42 [0.38 0.50] 0.41 [0.37 0.45] 0.39 [0.34 0.45] 0.39 [0.35 0.43] 0.33 [0.29 0.38]
tao = 2 0.62 [0.49 0.73] 0.63 [0.58 0.70] 0.60 [0.56 0.71] 0.59 [0.52 0.71] 0.63 [0.58 0.69] 0.50 [0.44 0.56]
tao = 3 0.85 [0.63 0.98] 0.83 [0.74 0.91] 0.80 [0.72 0.95] 0.78 [0.69 0.93] 0.82 [0.72 0.89] 0.65 [0.59 0.70]
tao = 4 1.07 [0.76 1.20] 0.97 [0.84 1.10] 1.00 [0.88 1.07] 0.92 [0.87 1.06] 1.05 [0.84 1.07] 0.76 [0.67 0.81] * (DS > 25 YA)
tao = 5 1.20 [0.88 1.36] 1.13 [0.89 1.24] 1.13 [0.98 1.22] 1.06 [0.99 1.20] 1.05 [0.97 1.25] 0.83 [0.74 0.97] * (DS > 25 YA)
tao = 6 1.23 [1.03 1.49] 1.04 [0.92 1.25] 1.13 [1.07 1.29] 1.20 [1.02 1.33] 1.16 [0.98 1.35] 0.93 [0.79 1.06] * (DS > 25 YA)
SEN ML tao = 1 0.41 [0.39 0.51] 0.58 [0.52 0.62] 0.50 [0.48 0.55] 0.52 [0.47 0.54] 0.47 [0.45 0.54] 0.51 [0.46 0.54] * (DS < 6 YC)
tao = 2 0.71 [0.64 0.85] 0.98 [0.90 1.05] 0.86 [0.80 0.94] 0.86 [0.79 0.92] 0.83 [0.78 0.91] 0.83 [0.74 0.86] * (DS < 6 YC)
tao = 3 0.97 [0.83 1.16] 1.35 [1.23 1.41] 1.17 [1.09 1.30] 1.14 [1.05 1.25] 1.11 [0.99 1.22] 1.08 [0.87 1.14] * (DS < 6 YC; DS < 7.8 YC)
tao = 4 1.16 [1.00 1.44] 1.53 [1.49 1.72] 1.45 [1.28 1.61] 1.41 [1.23 1.51] 1.36 [1.23 1.52] 1.28 [1.06 1.42] * (DS < 6 YC; DS < 7.8 YC)
tao = 5 1.40 [1.15 1.69] 1.76 [1.51 1.92] 1.64 [1.46 1.80] 1.55 [1.42 1.63] 1.58 [1.41 1.75] 1.41 [1.14 1.54] * (DS < 6 YC)
tao = 6 1.54 [1.26 1.77] 1.72 [1.45 2.05] 1.72 [1.58 1.91] 1.63 [1.49 1.86] 1.58 [1.40 1.74] 1.48 [1.23 1.70]
SEN AP tao = 1 0.40 [0.32 0.52] 0.43 [0.37 0.48] 0.40 [0.36 0.42] 0.41 [0.35 0.45] 0.35 [0.32 0.38] 0.39 [0.34 0.47]
tao = 2 0.63 [0.51 0.80] 0.66 [0.55 0.79] 0.61 [0.54 0.66] 0.61 [0.54 0.68] 0.56 [0.50 0.60] 0.58 [0.52 0.65]
tao = 3 0.74 [0.67 0.99] 0.90 [0.70 1.02] 0.79 [0.70 0.85] 0.78 [0.69 0.85] 0.70 [0.61 0.77] 0.71 [0.65 0.81]
tao = 4 0.94 [0.84 1.13] 1.00 [0.83 1.17] 0.90 [0.82 1.00] 0.88 [0.79 0.99] 0.82 [0.72 0.93] 0.79 [0.72 0.96] * (DS > 25 YA)
tao = 5 1.09 [0.92 1.29] 1.15 [1.03 1.31] 1.01 [0.93 1.13] 0.97 [0.86 1.12] 0.94 [0.83 1.06] 0.86 [0.75 0.91] * (DS > 25 YA)
tao = 6 1.22 [1.02 1.29] 1.26 [1.06 1.56] 1.12 [1.01 1.22] 1.06 [0.95 1.23] 1.01 [0.86 1.12] 0.88 [0.76 0.99] * (DS > 25 YA)
RQA V RR 10.95 [9.13 13.83] 14.22 [11.86 16.83] 13.28 [11.72 14.45] 13.39 [12.63 15.07] 11.91 [11.37 15.01] 14.27 [13.60 15.37] * (DS < 6 YC; DS < 9–10 YC; DS < 25 YA)
DET 51.68 [37.15 61.82] 75.07 [63.84 83.17] 75.86 [64.07 80.35] 76.07 [67.21 81.03] 73.71 [66.63 80.22] 84.43 [80.73 87.30] * (DS < 6 YC; DS < 7.8 YC; DS < 9–10 YC; DS < 25 YA)
AvgL 6.33 [5.42 7.34] 9.68 [8.03 11.85] 9.33 [8.54 10.97] 10.32 [8.68 11.74] 9.05 [7.68 11.02] 11.72 [10.39 12.67] * (DS < 6 YC; DS < 7.8 YC; DS < 9–10 YC; DS < 15 YA; DS < 25 YA)
RQA ML RR 8.22 [7.76 8.71] 7.83 [7.64 8.94] 7.86 [7.59 8.34] 7.98 [7.65 8.55] 8.30 [7.88 8.63] 8.69 [7.67 9.52]
DET 47.25 [36.81 64.97] 40.42 [30.66 45.75] 44.11 [37.80 49.55] 41.75 [36.65 45.76] 45.21 [41.58 50.23] 54.68 [48.90 59.50] *
AvgL 6.11 [5.42 7.44] 5.80 [5.60 6.14] 5.84 [5.72 6.19] 5.99 [5.81 6.40] 6.16 [5.81 6.50] 6.86 [6.24 7.20] *
RQA AP RR 13.09 [11.73 15.01] 12.50 [11.15 15.23] 15.03 [14.09 16.18] 15.01 [13.20 15.93] 15.82 [14.36 16.41] 16.59 [15.14 18.00] * (DS < 15 YA; DS < 25 YA)
DET 50.01 [44.36 64.93] 52.31 [46.66 71.98] 75.43 [64.53 80.67] 76.47 [66.47 81.31] 64.34 [57.21 75.33] 83.54 [74.20 89.24] * (DS < 7.8 YC; DS < 9–10 YC; DS < 25 YA)
AvgL 7.16 [6.29 9.30] 6.66 [6.05 7.49] 7.68 [7.07 8.00] 7.78 [7.07 8.11] 7.47 [6.85 8.36] 9.75 [8.14 10.81] * (DS < 25 YA)