Table 3 Changes in frequency-domain measures of heart rate variability during 6-month mission in space

From: Intrinsic cardiovascular autonomic regulatory system of astronauts exposed long-term to microgravity in space: observational study

  

Pre

F01

F02

F03

Post

Space versus Earth: Paired t (P)

F01F03: F (P)

24-h

 ULF component (0.0001–0.003 Hz)

Mean

s.d.

4314.8

2903.5

3364.1

1983.0

2411.0

1750.0

3103.6

1950.0

4052.1

1965.3

3.531 (0.060)

0.472 (NS)

 ULF band-1 (0.0001–0.0003 Hz)

Mean

s.d.

1669.2

1138.7

1822.4

880.8

1494.2

1302.6

2257.5

1566.4

1391.5

694.7

1.325 (NS)

0.625 (NS)

 ULF band-2 (0.0003–0.001 Hz)

Mean

s.d.

1708.6

1578.9

892.5

420.1

897.6

637.7

939.7

606.3

1443.0

644.1

6.967 (<0.005)

0.015 (NS)

 ULF band-3 (0.001–0.005 Hz)

Mean

s.d.

1748.3

1582.1

961.3

588.5

875.8

532.4

1087.5

896.3

1596.6

1009.0

6.200 (<0.01)

0.166 (NS)

  1. Abbreviations: NS, not statistically significant; ULF, ultralow frquency.