Research Article

Sympathovagal Imbalance in Prehypertensive Offspring of Two Parents versus One Parent Hypertensive

Table 2

Frequency domain indices of HRV recorded in supine position of normotensive and prehypertensive offspring of hypertensive parents.

ParametersNormotensive offspringPrehypertensive offspringP values
Group IGroup IIGroup IIIGroup IV
( )( )( )( )

TP (m2) <0.0001
LFnu 0.0654
HFnu 0.0072
LF : HF ratio <0.0001

Data presented are mean ± SD; Group I: normotensive offspring of both parents hypertensive; Group II: normotensive offspring of one parent hypertensive; Group III: prehypertensive offspring of both parents hypertensive; Group IV: prehypertensive offspring of one parent hypertensive; the mark indicates comparison with group I, the mark indicates comparison with Group II and the mark indicates comparison with Group III. ; ; ; ; ; ; .