Figure 2

Graphical representation of heart rate variability indicating number of successive normal-to-normal RR intervals greater than 5, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 ms expressed as a ratio of the total number of normal-to-normal RR intervals in the recording period (pNN5, 10, and so on). The variability is more pronounced in the control twin at all intervals indicating greater high-frequency variations in HR, representative of more pronounced parasympathetic modulation of heart rate variability.