Research Article

Linear and Complex Measures of Heart Rate Variability during Exposure to Traffic Noise in Healthy Women

Table 7

Entropic measures for the control and traffic nose exposure subjects RR intervals.

Entropy
or DFA
Mean ± SD
Control ()
Mean ± SD
Traffic noise ()
ANOVA1
( value)
Kruskal-Wallis
( value)
Effect size

Approximate-
Sample-
DFA-
Shannon<0.0001<0.00011.13 (large)
Renyi<0.0001<0.00011.06 (large)
Tsallis<0.0001<0.00011.14 (large)