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Table 2 Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses of HRV-related variables for prediction of poor outcome

From: Early prognostication of neurological outcome by heart rate variability in adult patients with out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest

HRV-related variable

Odds ratio (95% CI)

z

p

Univariate logistic regression analysis

 DC

0.819 (0.681–0.984)

− 2.13

0.033

 AVNN (ms)

0.995 (0.992–0.999)

− 2.52

0.012

 SDNN (ms)

0.990 (0.977–1.003)

− 1.53

0.127

 rMSSD (ms)

0.965 (0.929–1.003)

− 1.81

0.070

 pNN50(%)

0.985 (0.924–1.051)

− 0.45

0.654

 Triangular index

0.915 (0.834–1.004)

− 1.89

0.059

 Poincaré plot, SD1 (ms)

0.982 (0.951–1.015)

− 1.06

0.288

 Poincaré plot, SD2 (ms)

0.985 (0.968–1.001)

− 1.79

0.073

 ln total power (ms2)

0.626 (0.409–0.960)

− 2.15

0.032

 ln ULF power (ms2)

0.700 (0.469–1.043)

− 1.75

0.080

 ln VLF power (ms2)

0.373 (0.224–0.620)

− 3.80

0.001

 ln LF power (ms2)

0.598 (0.424–0.845)

− 2.92

0.003

 ln HF power (ms2)

0.802 (0.593–1.084)

− 1.44

0.151

 LF/HF

0.472 (0.304–0.733)

− 3.35

0.002

 Power law (β)

0.278 (0.074–1.038)

− 1.90

0.057

 DFA (α1) (per 0.1 U)

0.635 (0.501–0.805)

− 3.76

0.001

 DFA (α2) (per 0.1 U)

0.702 (0.556–0.886)

− 2.98

0.003

 ApEn (per 0.1 U)

0.930 (0.820–1.055)

− 1.13

0.260

 SampEn (per 0.1 U)

0.911 (0.787–1.054)

− 1.25

0.211

 MSE index

0.873 (0.811–0.941)

− 3.56

0.001

Multivariate logistic regression analysis

 Ln VLF power

0.436 (0.242–0.784)

− 2.77

0.006

 DFA (α1) (per 0.1 U)

0.709 (0.523–0.956)

−  2.26

0.024

 MSE index

0.983 (0.888–1.088)

− 0.33

0.739

  1. Abbreviations: AVNN average of all RR intervals, ApEn approximate entropy, CI confidence interval, DC decelerating capacity, DFA detrended fluctuation analysis, HF high frequency, HRV heart rate variability, LF low frequency, LF/HF ratio of low to high frequency power, ln natural logarithm, MSE multiscale entropy, Power law slope of the regression of power spectrum in log-log scale, pNN50 % of successive RR intervals differing > 50 ms, rMSSD square root of the mean of the squares of differences between adjacent RR intervals, SampEn sample entropy, SDNN standard deviation of all RR intervals, SD1and SD2 standard deviations of short and long axis of Poincaré plot, Triangular index total number of all RR intervals divided by the height of the histogram of all RR intervals, ULF ultra-low frequency, VLF very-low frequency