Correlation matrix of heart rate variability parameters

VariablesMRRSDNNRMSSDpNN50LFHFLF/HFNormlog
MRR1.000.410.510.56–0.430.43–0.46
SDNN0.411.000.960.78–0.550.55–0.55
RMSSD0.510.961.000.87–0.670.67–0.68
pNN500.560.780.871.00–0.730.71–0.73
LF–0.43–0.55–0.67–0.731.00–0.990.99
HF0.430.550.670.71–0.991.00–0.98
LF/HFNormlog–0.46–0.55–0.68–0.730.99–0.981.00

Values are Pearson’s correlation. Strong positive correlations and strong negative correlations (above 0.8) are shown in dark black. MRR is the mean of the normal sinus (NN) intervals; SDNN is the standard deviation (SD) of all NN intervals; RMSSD is the root mean square of the successive differences between adjacent NN intervals; pNN50 is the percentage of times that the change in consecutive NN sinus intervals exceeded 50 ms; LF is low frequency; HF is high frequency, and LF/HFNormlog is normalized LF/HF by logarithmic transformation