Table 4 Pearson correlations between high-frequency heart rate variability and sample entropy during the Trier Social Stress Test.

From: Cortisol Awakening Response and Acute Stress Reactivity in First Nations People

 

HF-HRV stress

HF-HRV recovery

Sample entropy stress

Sample entropy recovery

Indigenous

Non-Indigenous

Indigenous

Non-Indigenous

Indigenous

Non-Indigenous

Indigenous

Non-Indigenous

R

p

R

p

R

p

R

p

R

p

R

p

R

p

R

p

Chronic stress (PSS)

0.024

0.947

0.371

0.262

0.087

0.810

0.067

0.844

0.028

0.938

0.780

0.005

−0.154

0.672

0.659

0.027

Chronic stress (K6)

0.043

0.905

0.117

0.733

0.168

0.642

−0.149

0.662

0.156

0.666

0.759

0.007

−0.463

0.178

0.531

0.093

SES

0.741

0.014

−0.054

0.874

0.726

0.017

0.106

0.757

0.159

0.660

−0.522

0.100

0.382

0.276

−0.256

0.447

Internalising

−0.576

0.082

0.318

0.341

−0.633

0.049

−0.06

0.862

−0.485

0.155

0.782

0.004

−0.436

0.208

0.253

0.453

Depression

−0.364

0.301

0.17

0.618

−0.269

0.452

−0.292

0.384

−0.372

0.29

0.809

0.003

−0.509

0.133

0.605

0.049

Anxiety

−0.621

0.055

0.225

0.505

−0.533

0.112

−0.151

0.657

−0.579

0.08

0.503

0.115

−0.055

0.881

0.046

0.893

Negative Life Events

−0.317

0.373

−0.169

0.619

−0.263

0.462

−0.374

0.257

−0.352

0.318

0.127

0.709

−0.019

0.959

−0.063

0.855

SEWB

−0.614

0.078

  

−0.465

0.207

  

−0.788

0.012

  

0.004

0.993

  

Depression

−0.666

0.050

  

−0.435

0.242

  

−0.708

0.033

  

−0.236

0.541

  

Anxiety

−0.392

0.297

  

−0.236

0.540

  

−0.501

0.170

  

0.209

0.590

  

Suicide risk

−0.246

0.524

  

−0.131

0.736

  

−0.485

0.186

  

0.153

0.695

  

Resilience

−0.259

0.501

  

−0.347

0.361

  

−0.454

0.220

  

−0.072

0.854

  

Interpersonal racism

0.357

0.311

  

0.587

0.074

  

−0.139

0.300

  

0.467

0.174

  

Internalized racism

0.566

0.088

  

0.340

0.337

  

0.654

0.040

  

0.028

0.940

  
  1. HF-HRV = high frequency heart rate variability; correlations were not calculated for childhood adversity due to n = 5 in one group.