Evaluation of Heart Rate Variation Analysis during Rest and Tilting in Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Table 2
Heart rate variation at rest in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and the control subjects. The -value presents the differences between all patients and the control subjects.
Measure/ variable (ms2)
Patients with refractory TLE
Patients with well-controlled TLE
All patients
Control subjects
P-value (Mann-Whitney)
TP
7417 (6276, 11043)
8093 (7016, 1044)
7991 (6292, 10521)
9518 (6742, 13923 )
0.33
HF
2471 (1752, 3622)
2954 (2092, 4397)
2729 (1979, 4265)
3954 (2855, 5705)
0.03
LF
2284 (1864, 3505)
2855 (2117, 3449)
2691 (1876, 3416)
2604 (1583, 4091)
0.54
LF : HF ratio
0.90 (0.76, 1.25 )
0.91 (0.70, 1.12)
0.90 (0.75, 1.12)
0.84 (0.65, 1.16)
0.003
Values are median (25., 75. percentile); TP: total power; HF: high frequency; LF: low frequency.
