Table 2 List of HRV features.

From: Preterm birth risk stratification through longitudinal heart rate and HRV monitoring in daily life

Category

Feature

Units

Description

Time-domain

AVNN

ms

Average of NN intervals

SDNN

ms

Standard deviation of NN intervals

RMSSD

ms

Root mean square of successive NN interval differences

pNN50

%

Percentage of successive NN intervals that differ by more than 50 ms

Frequency-domain

LF

\(s^2\)

Spectral power of low frequencies (0.04-0.15 Hz)

HF

\(s^2\)

Spectral power of high frequencies (0.15-0.4 Hz)

LFHF

%

LF to HF ratio

Non-linear

SD1

ms

Standard deviation of Poincaré plot perpendicular to the line-of-identity

SD2

ms

Standard deviation of the Poincaré plot along the line-of-identity

SD1SD2

%

SD1 to SD2 ratio

  1. NN (normal-to-normal) intervals refer to the time intervals between consecutive R peaks in an ECG signal, equivalent to interbeat intervals (IBIs) measured from a PPG signal.