Parameters Normal weight Overweight Obese
Supine Tilt Supine Tilt Supine Tilt
RRi, ms 872 ± 88 653 ± 29a 868 ± 97 710 ± 22b 899 ± 66 758 ± 46c
Spectral Parameters; RRi
Variance, ms2 1922 ± 436 1414 ± 332 1511 ± 433 877 ± 414 1521 ± 406 1574 ± 318
LF, ms2 629 ± 205 648 ± 147 301 ± 119a 317 ± 75 219 ± 99a 431 ± 192
LF, nu 63 ± 10 87 ± 10a 47 ± 14a 81 ± 15b 33 ± 9a 81 ± 8c
HF, ms2 364 ± 46 94 ± 33a 441 ± 170 74 ± 22b 425 ± 141 84 ± 92c
HF, nu 37 ± 10 13 ± 10a 53 ± 14a 19 ± 15b 67 ± 9ab 19 ± 8c
LF/HF ratio 1.8 ± 0.33 7.3 ± 1.3a  0.8 ± 0.51a  4.1 ± 1.2b 0.5 ± 0.31ab 5.3 ± 1.2c
Table 4: Spectral parameters calculated from R-R interval (RRi) time series obtained all trained volunteers in supine position and during the tilt test using autoregressive spectral analysis. All values were expressed as mean ± S.E.M. aP<0.05 vs. NW supine; bP<0.05 vs. NW supine; and cP<0.05 vs. OW supine. “nu” indicates normalized units.