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Table 5 HRV parameters (log-transformed) as predictors of blood pressure

From: Cardiac autonomic activity and blood pressure among Nunavik Inuit adults exposed to environmental mercury: a cross-sectional study

 

SBP (mm Hg)

DBP (mm Hg)

HRV § parameters

Pearson r (p-value)

Partial correlation coefficient &(p-value)

Pearson r (p-value)

Partial correlation coefficient &(p-value)

VLF (ms2)

-0.14 (0.0227)

-0.12 (0.05)

-0.13 (0.07)

-0.13 (0.07)

LF (ms2)

-0.27 (< 0.0001)

-0.25 (0.0002)

-0.16 (0.013)

-0.16 (0.01)

HF (ms2)

-0.19 (0.0063)

-0.17 (0.01)

-0.22 (0.0005)

-0.22 (0.0007)

LF/HF

-0.14 (0.018)

-0.11 (0.04)

0.11 (0.08)

0.11 (0.069)

SDNN (ms)

-0.13 (0.036)

-0.11 (0.07)

-0.16 (0.007)

-0.16 (0.007)

SDANN (ms)

-0.07 (0.30)

-0.05 (0.41)

-0.14 (0.019)

-0.14 (0.019)

rMSSD (ms)

-0.12 (0.059)

-0.11 (0.11)

-0.20 (0.002)

-0.20 (0.003)

pNN50 (%)

-0.13 (0.047)

-0.11 (0.11)

-0.17 (0.015)

-0.17 (0.019)

CVRR (%)

-0.24 (< 0.0001)

-0.21 (0.0010)

-0.13 (0.036)

-0.13 (0.036)

  1. § Log-transformed variables; &partial correlation coefficients adjusted for blood mercury concentrations