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Table 3 Group averages of HRV (time domain) for edited and unedited data, respectively, when calculated before and after filtering with the age-based threshold.

From: Automatic filtering of outliers in RR intervals before analysis of heart rate variability in Holter recordings: a comparison with carefully edited data

 

Before filtering

After filtering

 

Edited data

Unedited data

Edited data

Unedited data

SDNN (ms) (Age-group: p < 0.001, SS = 110402; Method: p = 0.81, SS = 1202)

Subjects 1-14 years (N = 25)

157 (40.8)

253 (210)

155 (40.8)

156 (40.9)

Subjects 15-24 years (N = 32)

197 (50.1)

213 (86.3)

197 (50.0)

198 (49.8)

Subjects 25-49 years (N = 40)

162 (34.5)

266 (435)

161 (34.2)

162 (34.4)

Subjects 50-75 years (N = 43)

167 (97.9)

190 (113)

153 (46.7)

154 (46.7)

RMSSD (ms) (Age-group: p < 0.001, SS = 88214; Method: p = 0.002, SS = 1299)

Subjects 1-14 years (N = 25)

64.8 (33.9)

133 (198)

60.0 (30.4)

60.1 (30.3)

Subjects 15-24 years (N = 32)

66.6 (29.8)

103 (126)

64.3 (27.9)

64.9 (27.8)

Subjects 25-49 years (N = 40)

42.1 (18.5)

118 (257)

40.5 (16.9)

41.1 (16.7)

Subjects 50-75 years (N = 43)

35.0 (30.0)

84.8 (93.2)

27.6 (15.3)

28.1 (15.3)

pNN50(%) (Age-group: p < 0.001, SS = 27941; Method: p < 0.001, SS = 9.4)

Subjects 1-14 years (N = 25)

26.7 (13.8)

26.9 (13.7)

26.1 (13.4)

26.0 (13.3)

Subjects 15-24 years (N = 32)

27.3 (12.9)

27.6 (12.9)

27.1 (12.7)

27.2 (12.7)

Subjects 25-49 years (N = 40)

15.7 (9.8)

16.3 (9.7)

15.6 (9.7)

15.7 (9.7)

Subjects 50-75 years (N = 43)

7.9 (10.3)

8.9 (10.2)

7.4 (9.3)

7.5 (9.2)

  1. See Table 1 for details.
  2. Data are given as mean (SD).