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Table 2 Heart rate variability data during mobilization before, 6 and 24 h after total hip arthroplasty

From: Decreased heart rate variability responses during early postoperative mobilization – an observational study

 

Preoperative

6 h

24 h

 

Supine

Sitting

Standing

Supine

Sitting

Standing

Supine

Sitting

Standing

No of patients

23

23

23

23

20

16

23

19

20

MeanNN (ms)

863 (144)

825 (136)

771 (128)*

756 (141)§

718 (133)*

781 (177)*,§

734 (115)§

702 (106)*

711 (157)*,§

SDNN (ms)

22.1 (9.6)

23.5 (8.8)

20.2 (8.6)

16.4 (7.4)§

17.1 (6.6)

14.5 (3.2)§

13.5 (4.7)§

15.3 (5.5)

13.6 (5.0)§

RMSSD (ms)

20.4 (8.2)

22.2 (8.5)

18.9 (7.5)

15.7 (6.5)§

18.3 (6.8)

17.1 (3.6)

12.7 (3.9)§

16.3 (6.2)

14.5 (5.0)

Total HRV power (ms2)

 Geometric mean (95 % CI)

373 (255–547)

424 (289–621)

277 (189–407)*

187 (126–277)§

193 (128–290)§

133 (88–202)§

116 (80–166)§

135 (91–199)§

119 (81–175)§

 Median (IQR)

295 (150–895)

432 (209–946)

278 (149–636)

151 (104–483)

177 (87–495)

167 (72–198)

118 (61–274)

144 (64–317)

99 (55–235)

LF variation (ms2)

 Geometric mean (95 % CI)

194 (125–303)

220 (142–343)

150 (97–234)*

84 (51–137)§

78 (47–131)§

52 (31–89)*,§

62 (39–97)§

64 (40–103)§

53 (34–83)§

 Median (IQR)

157 (69–488)

263 (93–605)

165 (73–383)

87 (31–300)

67 (38–206)

61 (26–108)

65 (28–159)

59 (29–120)

38 (25–123)

HF variation (ms2)

 Geometric mean (95 % CI)

112 (77–164)

120 (82–175)

75 (51–109)*

60 (43–86)§

70 (48–101)§

52 (35–77)

35 (26–48)§

54 (39–75)*,§

43 (31–60)§

 Median (IQR)

90 (57–255)

111 (63–230)

77 (33–164)

63 (33–126)

59 (37–139)

60 (45–77)

37 (21–49)

52 (21–105)

36 (22–86)

Normalized HRV values

 LF variation (nu)

62.3 (14.8)

62.9 (16.8)

66.5 (13.1)

57.4 (20.6)

53.4 (20.6)§

48.4 (18.9)§

61.1 (18.8)

53.8 (19.2)*,§

55.9 (17.1)*,§

 HF variation (nu)

37.7 (14.8)

37.1 (16.8)

33.5 (13.1)

42.6 (20.6)

46.6 (20.6)§

51.6 (18.9)§

38.9 (18.8)

46.2 (19.2)*,§

44.1 (17.1)*,§

 LF/HF ratio

  Geometric mean (95 % CI)

1.7 (1.32.4)

1.8 (1.32.5)

2.0 (1.52.8)

1.4 (0.92.1)

1.1 (0.71.7)§

1.0 (0.71.6)§

1.8 (1.22.6)

1.2 (0.81.8)*

1.2 (0.81.8)*,§

  Median (IQR)

1.7 (1.32.5)

2.0 (1.13.0)

2.1 (1.42.6)

1.5 (0.92.6)

1.1 (0.62.4)

1.0 (0.71.6)

1.7 (0.83.2)

1.2 (0.52.0)

1.1 (0.72.6)

  1. Data presented as mean (SD) for normally distributed variables, or median (interquartile range) and geometric mean (95 % CI) for skewed data
  2. mmHg; millimeter mercury, bpm; beats per minute, ms; milliseconds, nu; normalized units
  3. *Different from supine (P < 0.05), § Different from preoperative evaluation (P < 0.05)