Table 3: Descriptive statistics of HRV parameters of patients without AAD pre-tratment before electrical cardioversion.



Daily Activity Sleep
AF ER (Group 1a) no AF ER (Group 2a) p < AF ER (Group 1a) no AF ER (Group 2a) p <
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Time domain MeanRR 940.4 86.4 861.2 102.6 1062.5 127.4 1002.6 110.9
SDNN 19.4 7.7 18.9 2.6 21.0 4.9 20.7 4.7
MeanHR 64.9 6.1 71.3 8.0 57.4 7.2 60.6 6.5
SD HR 2.0 0.9 2.4 0.7 1.7 0.6 1.6 0.3
RMSSD 17.5 5.1 15.4 4.2 18.5 4.4 22.3 7.1
NN50 7.3 7.1 3.7 5.1 6.1 5.5 12.0 13.8
pNN50 2.4 2.3 1.0 1.3 2.2 2.1 4.1 4.7
SDNN/RMSSD 1.1 0.2 1.3 0.3 1.1 0.1 1.0 0.2 0.05
Frequency Domain FFT VLF ms2 112.0 158.8 80.9 38.0 108.0 102.6 62.2 34.4
LF ms2 244.6 221.5 188.9 60.0 224.6 132.0 188.4 84.1
HF ms2 103.6 74.1 54.6 25.4 95.9 59.4 172.9 130.4
VLF % 19.0 12.5 23.3 7.8 22.5 13.5 14.9 7.3
LF % 54.3 10.6 58.2 7.1 53.2 11.3 46.2 12.8
HF % 26.6 9.4 18.4 7.6 24.2 7.6 38.8 16.1 0.05
LF n.u. 67.6 9.4 76.4 8.5 69.1 7.3 55.2 16.5
HF n.u. 32.2 9.4 23.5 8.5 30.8 7.3 44.7 16.5
TP ms2 460.5 425.2 324.7 97.0 428.6 269.6 423.9 181.4
LF/HF 2.6 1.0 4.8 2.6 2.9 0.9 1.8 1.1 0.05
AR VLF ms2 96.1 110.5 87.5 35.9 111.6 72.5 62.1 29.3
LF ms2 220.8 191.0 197.0 57.3 245.2 120.3 185.0 88.7
HF ms2 99.1 68.3 58.1 23.8 100.3 62.4 181.3 136.9
VLF % 21.5 8.5 24.5 6.8 23.4 8.8 15.4 6.7 0.05
LF % 51.9 8.5 57.0 7.5 54.1 7.8 45.3 13.2
HF % 26.5 9.0 18.4 8.2 22.4 4.0 39.3 16.5 0.05
LF n.u. 66.7 9.7 75.9 9.6 71.0 4.1 54.4 17.4 0.05
HF n.u. 33.1 9.6 23.9 9.6 28.9 4.1 45.5 17.4 0.05
TP ms2 416.3 346. 342.9 87.4 457.3 237.6 428.7 191.4
LF/HF 2.5 1.1 4.7 2.8 2.9 0.5 1.7 1.1 0.05
Non Linear SD1/SD2 0.6 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.05
SD1 12.4 3.6 10.9 3.0 13.1 3.1 15.8 5.0
SD2 24.2 10.8 24.2 3.4 26.4 6.2 24.4 5.3
RPlmean 8.5 1.5 9.5 1.8 8.8 0.9 7.8 1.4
RPlmax 86.1 36.9 151.6 67.5 0.05 81.2 20.1 64.8 30.7
RPrec 24.3 5.2 27.9 5.1 26.6 4.1 19.5 5.6 0.05
RPadet 96.4 1.3 97.1 1.1 96.9 0.8 95.1 1.6 0.05
RPshen 2.9 0.2 3.0 0.2 2.9 0.1 2.7 0.2
DFA a1 1.1 0.2 1.3 0.2 1.2 0.1 1.0 0.2 0.05
DFA a2 0.5 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.1
ApEn 1.0 0.1 1.1 0.0 0.05 1.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.05
SampEn 1.5 0.3 1.7 0.1 1.6 0.1 1.6 0.2 0.05
d2 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.4


AF ER: Early recurrence of atrial fibrillation after electrical cardioversion.