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Table 1 Linear and Non-Linear Heart Rate Variability measurements selected in the current study.

From: Short term Heart Rate Variability to predict blood pressure drops due to standing: a pilot study

 

Measure

UNIT

Description

Time-Domain

1

MeanRR

ms

Mean of RR intervals

2

STDNN

ms

Standard deviation of RR (NN) intervals

3

RMSSD

ms

Square root of the mean squared differences between successive RR intervals

4

NN50

count

Number of successive RR interval pairs that differ by more than 50 m

5

pNN50

%

NN50 divided by the total number of RR intervals

6

HRVtri

 

Integral of the RR interval histogram divided by the height of the histogram

7

TINN

Ms

Baseline width of the RR interval histogram

Frequency-Domain

8

LF

ms2

Absolute powers of LF band, calculated with AR

9

HF

ms2

Absolute powers of HF band, calculated with AR

10

LF/HF

 

Ratio between LF and HF band powers

Nonlinear-Domain

11

SD1

ms

Standard deviation of the Poincar´e plot perpendicular to the line of identity

12

SD2

ms

Standard deviation of the Poincar´e plot along the line of identity

13

ApEn

 

Approximate entropy

14

SampEn

 

Sample entropy

15

D2

 

Correlation Dimension

16

DFA1

 

Short-term fluctuation slope in Detrended Fluctuation Analysis

17

DFA2

 

Long-term fluctuation slope in Detrended Fluctuation Analysis

18

RPLmean

beats

Recurrent Plot (RP) mean line length

19

RPLmax

beats

RP maximum line length

20

RPREC

%

RP Recurrence Rate

21

RPDET

%

RP Determinism

22

RPShan

 

RP Shannon Entropy