Research Article

On Consistency of Cross-Approximate Entropy in Cardiovascular and Artificial Environments

Table 4

Threshold values obtained from real signals.
(a) Threshold for which XApEn reaches its maximal value (17)

, ,
= 1 = 2 = 3 = 4 = 1 = 2 = 3 = 4

3000.05 ± 0.010.24 ± 0.010.44 ± 0.010.62 ± 0.010.05 ± 0.000.22 ± 0.010.40 ± 0.010.55 ± 0.02
5000.05 ± 0.010.21 ± 0.000.39 ± 0.010.53 ± 0.000.04 ± 0.000.19 ± 0.000.35 ± 0.010.47 ± 0.01
7500.04 ± 0.010.18 ± 0.040.35 ± 0.010.47 ± 0.010.04 ± 0.010.16 ± 0.000.31 ± 0.010.41 ± 0.01
20000.05 ± 0.010.19 ± 0.000.37 ± 0.010.51 ± 0.010.04 ± 0.000.14 ± 0.000.27 ± 0.000.60 ± 0.01
25000.05 ± 0.010.18 ± 0.000.35 ± 0.010.48 ± 0.010.04 ± 0.000.13 ± 0.000.25 ± 0.010.34 ± 0.01
30000.04 ± 0.010.18 ± 0.000.33 ± 0.010.46 ± 0.010.03 ± 0.000.13 ± 0.000.24 ± 0.000.33 ± 0.05
35000.04 ± 0.010.17 ± 0.000.32 ± 0.010.45 ± 0.010.03 ± 0.000.12 ± 0.000.23 ± 0.000.31 ± 0.05
40000.04 ± 0.010.17 ± 0.000.31 ± 0.010.44 ± 0.010.03 ± 0.000.17 ± 0.000.22 ± 0.000.30 ± 0.05
45000.04 ± 0.010.11 ± 0.000.30 ± 0.010.43 ± 0.010.03 ± 0.000.11 ± 0.000.21 ± 0.000.29 ± 0.01
50000.04 ± 0.010.16 ± 0.000.29 ± 0.010.42 ± 0.010.03 ± 0.000.11 ± 0.000.20 ± 0.000.29 ± 0.01

(b) Threshold for which at least 95% of the probabilities satisfy (19)

, ,
= 1 = 2 = 3 = 4 = 1 = 2 = 3 = 4

3000.46 ± 0.000.84 ± 0.011.24 ± 0.011.62 ± 0.010.45 ± 0.000.82 ± 0.011.20 ± 0.011.55 ± 0.02
5000.45 ± 0.000.81 ± 0.001.19 ± 0.011.53 ± 0.010.44 ± 0.000.78 ± 0.001.15 ± 0.011.47 ± 0.01
7500.38 ± 0.000.69 ± 0.001.03 ± 0.011.32 ± 0.010.38 ± 0.000.67 ± 0.000.99 ± 0.011.26 ± 0.01
20000.39 ± 0.000.70 ± 0.001.05 ± 0.011.36 ± 0.010.37 ± 0.000.65 ± 0.000.95 ± 0.011.21 ± 0.01
25000.35 ± 0.000.63 ± 0.000.95 ± 0.011.23 ± 0.010.34 ± 0.000.58 ± 0.000.85 ± 0.011.09 ± 0.01
30000.34 ± 0.000.63 ± 0.000.93 ± 0.011.22 ± 0.010.33 ± 0.000.59 ± 0.000.84 ± 0.001.08 ± 0.01
35000.34 ± 0.000.62 ± 0.000.92 ± 0.011.20 ± 0.010.33 ± 0.000.57 ± 0.000.83 ± 0.001.06 ± 0.01
40000.34 ± 0.000.62 ± 0.000.91 ± 0.011.19 ± 0.010.33 ± 0.000.57 ± 0.000.82 ± 0.001.05 ± 0.01
45000.34 ± 0.000.61 ± 0.000.90 ± 0.011.18 ± 0.010.33 ± 0.000.56 ± 0.000.81 ± 0.001.04 ± 0.01
50000.34 ± 0.000.61 ± 0.000.89 ± 0.011.17 ± 0.010.33 ± 0.000.56 ± 0.000.80 ± 0.001.04 ± 0.01

(c) Threshold for which at least 95% of the probabilities satisfy (20)

, ,
= 1 = 2 = 3 = 4 = 1 = 2 = 3 = 4

3001.42 ± 0.002.21 ± 0.023.28 ± 0.044.37 ± 0.091.40 ± 0.012.12 ± 0.023.07 ± 0.053.99 ± 0.10
5001.08 ± 0.001.73 ± 0.142.60 ± 0.043.41 ± 0.011.06 ± 0.001.65 ± 0.012.41 ± 0.003.06 ± 0.07
7500.96 ± 0.001.54 ± 0.012.28 ± 0.032.93 ± 0.050.96 ± 0.001.47 ± 0.012.13 ± 0.032.64 ± 0.04
20000.91 ± 0.001.50 ± 0.012.29 ± 0.033.06 ± 0.050.88 ± 0.001.33 ± 0.011.89 ± 0.022.29 ± 0.00
25000.90 ± 0.001.46 ± 0.012.21 ± 0.032.93 ± 0.050.88 ± 0.001.31 ± 0.011.82 ± 0.022.20 ± 0.03
30000.89 ± 0.001.44 ± 0.002.14 ± 0.032.83 ± 0.040.87 ± 0.001.29 ± 0.011.77 ± 0.022.14 ± 0.03
35000.89 ± 0.001.41 ± 0.012.08 ± 0.032.76 ± 0.040.87 ± 0.001.27 ± 0.011.72 ± 0.022.07 ± 0.02
40000.88 ± 0.001.40 ± 0.012.05 ± 0.022.72 ± 0.040.86 ± 0.001.25 ± 0.011.67 ± 0.022.00 ± 0.03
45000.88 ± 0.001.39 ± 0.012.00 ± 0.022.66 ± 0.040.86 ± 0.001.24 ± 0.011.63 ± 0.021.95 ± 0.02
50000.88 ± 0.001.37 ± 0.011.97 ± 0.022.62 ± 0.040.86 ± 0.001.23 ± 0.011.60 ± 0.001.93 ± 0.02

Results are presented as mean ± SEM, averaged over 50 time series of both Wistar and borderline hypertensive rats, both in baseline and in stress, and averaged over 41 time series of volunteers; results from human volunteers are in italics.