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*