Research Article

Metabolic Energy Correlates of Heart Rate Variability Spectral Power Associated with a 900-Calorie Challenge

Table 1

Control measurements.

VariableMean ± SD

Age (y)19 ± 1.0
Body Temperature °F97 ± 0.7
Body mass index26 ± 7
Body fat (%)22 ± 12
Respiratory quotient0.9 ± 0.2
Oxygen consumption (mL·min−1)294 ± 64
Energy expenditure (Cal·min−1)1.4 ± 0.3
Systolic blood pressure (Torr)128 ± 13
Diastolic blood pressure (Torr)70 ± 9

HRV measurements

Standard deviation of RR intervals (ms)89 ± 35
Total spectral power (ms2 × 103)10 ± 9
Very-low-frequency spectral power (ms2 × 103)2 ± 4
Low-frequency spectral power normalized (nu)32 ± 17
High-frequency spectral power normalized (nu)64 ± 16
Low-frequency · high-frequency−1 spectral power0.5 ± 1.0