Evaluation of Heart Rate Variation Analysis during Rest and Tilting in Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Table 3
Heart rate variation during head-up tilt 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
8897 (7076, 1444)
10822 (8543, 12619)
10314 (8182, 13359)
14022 (11262, 17916)
<0.001
HF
2175 (1250, 3918)
2428 (2017, 3113)
2347 (1810, 3336)
3221 (2482, 4780)
0.004
LF
4248 (2525, 6035)
4326 (3682, 5687)
4248 (3198, 5633)
5800 (4308, 7142)
0.001
LF : HF ratio
1.73 (1.26, 2.31)
1.73 (1.41, 2.47)
1.73 (1.36, 2.33)
1.64 (1.35, 2.34)
0.85
Values are median (25., 75. percentile); TP: total power; HF: high frequency; LF: low frequency.
