Male n=303 Female n=266 p value
SDNN (ms) 135.1 ± 48.3 128 ± 44.5 <0.0001
RMSSD (ms) 44.2 ± 5.42 43.1 ± 34.9 Ns
SDNN index (ms) 45.6 ± 31 41.3 ± 35.2 Ns
pNN50 (%) 9 ± 7.2 7.7 ± 6.9 Ns
mean RR (ms) 884.9 ± 161 840.5 ± 169.3 0.023
mean HR (bpm) 69 ± 12.7 73.3 ± 11.1 <0.0001
Triangular HRV 17.6 ± 6.4 17.5 ± 5.9 Ns
TINN (ms) 531.3 ± 212.5 546.9 ± 203.1 Ns
SDNN: Standard deviation of all NN interval; RMSSD: Standard deviation of differences between adjacent NN, square root of the mean of the sum of the square of the differences between adjacent NN intervals; pNN50: Number of adjacent NN intervals differing by more than 50 ms divided by the total number of all NN intervals; Mean RR: Mean RR intervals; Mean HR: Mean Heart Rate; TINN: Triangular Interpolation of NN Interval
Table 3: median value of the HRV parameters studied in patients divided on the basis of gender.