Table 1

Heart rate variability indices

HCM patientsHealthy controlsp Value
HCM, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; LF, low frequency component; PNN50, percentage of differences between adjacent RR intervals >50 ms; SD, standard deviation of all RR intervals.
SD (ms)130 (40)170 (43)0.03
PNN50 (%)21 (13)32 (12)0.05
LF (ms2)1027 (900)1862 (1400)0.03