Table 5: The differences of HRV parameters and average heart rate between patients with severe OSA and controls.
|
Severe OSA N = 14 |
Controls N = 8 |
P |
SDNN (ms) |
122 [101-152] |
157 [142-190] |
0.037* |
pNN50 (%) |
4.46 [1.67-12.97] |
5.93 [3.70-7.36] |
0.539 |
RMSSD (ms) |
27 [20-41] |
30 [24-33] |
0.838 |
VLF (ms2) |
2823 [1562-5117] |
3503 [2257-5011] |
0.633 |
LF (ms2) |
2992 [2272-4417] |
3209 [1845-3649] |
0.785 |
HF (ms2) |
1126 [802-2118] |
1121 [668-1918] |
0.838 |
TOTAL (ms2) |
6990 [5837-11184] |
9080 [4953-10263] |
0.838 |
LF/HF |
2.3 [1.7-3.0] |
2.6 [1.8-3.0] |
0.633 |
Average heart rate (bpm) |
79 [74-83] |
71 [68-76] |
0.018* |