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Table 3 Mixed linear effects models estimating percent changes in HRV measures according to one standard deviation increases in BC and PM2.5 levelsa,b

From: Exposure to sub-chronic and long-term particulate air pollution and heart rate variability in an elderly cohort: the Normative Aging Study

Exposure duration

HRV parameter

BC

PM2.5

  

% change

95 % CI

% change

95 % CI

3 days

HF

−2.1

−4.8, 0.6

−35.5

−63.0, 12.5

 

LF

−1.0

−3.3, 1.4

−31.7

−57.5, 9.5

 

SDNN

−0.4

−1.5, 0.8

−11.5

−29.6, 11.4

 

Ratio (LF:HF)

1.1

−0.6, 2.9

6.5

−25.4, 52.0

7 days

HF

−1.9

−4.3, 0.6

4.3

−31.2, 58.2

 

LF

−0.7

−2.8, 1.5

9.4

−23.4, 56.1

 

SDNN

−0.4

−1.4, 0.6

3.1

−13.2, 22.4

 

Ratio (LF:HF)

1.1

−0.5, 2.7

4.4

20.1, 36.4

14 days

HF

−2.2

−4.5, 0.3

1.1

−30.5, 47.1

 

LF

−0.9

−2.9, 1.2

15.6

−16.2, 59.4

 

SDNN

−0.4

−1.4, 0.6

6.6

−8.7, 24.5

 

Ratio (LF:HF)

1.3

−0.3, 2.9

13.1

−10.8, 43.5

21 days

HF

−2.2

−4.4, 0.1

−6.8

−34.5, 32.6

 

LF

−1.2

−3.2, 0.9

15.0

−15.0, 55.6

 

SDNN

−0.6

−1.6, 0.4

6.8

−7.6, 23.5

 

Ratio (LF:HF)

1.1

−0.5, 2.7

21.6

−2.7, 51.9

28 days

HF

−2.3

−4.6, −0.02

−8.2

−34.8, 29.2

 

LF

−1.0

−3.0, 1.0

22.4

−8.6, 64.1

 

SDNN

−0.5

−1.5, 0.4

7.8

−6.3, 24.0

 

Ratio (LF:HF)

1.3

−0.2, 2.8

31.4

5.9, 63.0

56 days

HF

−2.3

−4.6, −0.1

−13.1

−34.6, 15.4

 

LF

−1.0

−3.0, 1.0

11.2

−13.0, 42.0

 

SDNN

−0.7

−1.6, 0.3

2.5

−8.9, 15.4

 

Ratio (LF:HF)

1.3

−0.2, 2.8

25.0

4.5, 49.6

84 days

HF

−2.0

−4.2, 0.2

−2.6

−24.3, 25.4

 

LF

−0.9

−2.8, 1.1

16.1

−6.6, 44.1

 

SDNN

−0.7

−1.6, 0.3

6.0

−4.5, 17.7

 

Ratio (LF:HF)

1.2

−0.3, 2.6

16.2

−1.0, 36.5

1 year

HF

−0.3

−2.1, 1.6

1.7

−14.6, 21.2

 

LF

−0.2

−1.7, 1.4

23.6

6.0, 44.1

 

SDNN

−0.1

−0.9, 0.7

7.0

−0.5, 15.1

 

Ratio (LF:HF)

0.04

−1.1, 1.2

21.0

8.6, 34.8

  1. BC black carbon, HF high frequency, LF low frequency, PM 2.5 particulate matter <2.5 μm in diameter, SD standard deviation, SDNN standard deviation of normal-to-normal intervals
  2. aSpecifically, we evaluated associations between percent change in HRV and 1 SD increases in BC (1161 visits) and PM2.5 (992 visits)
  3. bStudy visits with information on BC spanned 2000 and 2011. Study visits with information on PM2.5 spanned 2003 and 2011