Table 3 Means, standard deviations (SD) and F-test statistics of cardiovascular measures and cortisol levels in patients with BPD and healthy participants. Significant differences between groups are marked with * and bold font
Variable | BPD | Controls | F-test statistics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | F | p | partial η2 | |
PNS index | 0.344 | 0.557 | 0.359 | 0.344 | 0.009 | 0.925 | 0.000 |
SNS index | 1.007 | 1.558 | −0.038 | 1.261 | 4.818 | 0.035* | 0.124 |
Stress index | 13.603 | 5.916 | 8.924 | 3.695 | 7.872 | 0.008* | 0.188 |
Mean HR (bpm) | 74.575 | 7.447 | 69.248 | 10.684 | 3.064 | 0.089 | 0.083 |
SDNN (ms) | 42.647 | 22.415 | 64.401 | 22.690 | 8.354 | 0.007* | 0.197 |
RMSSD (ms) | 40.559 | 31.503 | 55.820 | 26.855 | 2.416 | 0.129 | 0.066 |
LF/HF ratio (FFT) | 1.044 | 1.108 | 1.018 | 1.108 | 0.005 | 0.944 | 0.000 |
Cortisol | 8.748 | 7.993 | 7.821 | 4.834 | 0.172 | 0.681 | 0.005 |