Psychological status and physical performance are independently associated with autonomic function

Table 6 Factors independently associated with autonomic function

Variables	Mean difference (95% confidence interval)
	Supine rest				Standing position
	CV-SBP	R²	CV-DBP	R²	CV-SBP	R²	CV-DBP	R²
Falls history	0.018 (0.000 to 0.035)	0.065	0.015 (− 0.002 to 0.031)	0.051	0.013 (− 0.006 to 0.031)	0.032	0.017 (− 0.002 to 0.037)	0.051
Depression score	0.000 (− 0.001 to 0.002)	0.004	0.000 (− 0.001 to 0.002)	0.005	0.001 (− 0.001 to 0.002)	0.012	0.001 (− 0.001 to 0.003)	0.020
Anxiety score	0.000 (− 0.002 to 0.002)	0.001	0.000 (− 0.002 to 0.002)	0.000	0.002 (0.001 to 0.004)	0.112	0.002 (0.001 to 0.004)	0.105
FES− 1	0.001 (− 0.001 to 0.003)	0.026	0.001 (− 0.001 to 0.002)	0.011	0.001 (− 0.001 to 0.003)	0.017	0.001 (0.000 to 0.003)	0.040
TUG	0.000 (0.000 to 0.001)	0.046	0.000 (0.000 to 0.001)	0.035	0.000 (0.000 to 0.001)	0.014	0.000 (0.000 to 0.001)	0.013
Lawton IADL	− 0.004 (− 0.007 to 0.000)	0.080	− 0.003 (− 0.006 to 0.000)	0.064	− 0.005 (− 0.008 to − 0.001)	0.112	− 0.005 (− 0.008 to − 0.001)	0.105
Adjusted R²	0.014		− 0.031		0.110		0.081

SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, CV coefficient variation, CI confidence interval, R² R-squared, FES-1 Falls Efficacy Scale-1, TUG Time-up-and-go, Lawton IADL Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale
Bold values indicate p-value < 0.05

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