Table 4

Cardiovascular/autonomic parameters

VariableTotal group (n=69)Sympathetic dominant (n=44)Parasympathetic dominant (n=25)P value
MeanSDMeanSDMeanSD
HaemodynamicsHR67.69.270.18.463.29.00.0017
Sbp117.313.3118.511.3115.216.2>0.05
Dbp79.310.679.69.778.812.1>0.05
mBP95.911.196.09.995.713.2>0.05
Cardiac impedanceSI52.312.450.812.554.912.1>0.05
CI3.50.83.50.83.40.8>0.05
TPRI2304.7747.32285.2684.32339.0861.1>0.05
EDI85.019.982.319.989.719.5>0.05
IC62.821.259.720.668.221.5>0.05
ACI85.734.480.433.895.034.3>0.05
LVWI4.41.14.51.14.41.2>0.05
LVET318.217.3313.218.2327.011.10.0005
TFC31.34.530.84.732.34.0>0.05
PEP110.212.1107.111.3115.711.60.0040
STR34.94.334.64.735.53.4>0.05
ER35.53.336.32.634.23.90.0092
MSER300.868.9306.272.5291.462.4>0.05
REP77.816.879.719.874.59.1>0.05
HI0.30.10.30.10.40.1>0.05
RZ187.112.2185.311.1190.413.6>0.05
TAC2.60.72.50.72.80.8>0.05
Heart rate variabilityLFnu-RRI54.217.262.214.040.112.70.0000
HFnu-RRI45.817.237.814.059.912.70.0000
PSD-RRI1684.11993.71604.92166.91823.41678.7>0.05
LF/HF-RRI1.71.62.31.80.80.40.0000
Diastolic blood pressure variabilityLFnu-Dbp52.214.759.710.238.911.70.0000
HFnu-dBP14.010.411.07.519.312.70.0004
PSD-dBP13.616.515.219.310.89.5>0.05
LF/HF-dBP6.66.28.76.82.81.80.0000
Systolic blood pressure variabilityLFnu-sBP42.113.547.510.732.612.90.0000
HFnu-sBP16.510.815.611.018.210.4>0.05
PSD-sBP20.230.217.516.325.045.5>0.05
LF/HF-sBP3.82.84.53.02.51.70.0019
Baroreflex parametersTotal event count17.413.621.514.410.28.40.0006
Total slope mean19.613.016.78.924.817.20.0114
Total BEI70.515.172.414.267.016.4>0.05