Parameter | Healthy Control | Symptomatic Short Stature (Children) | |||
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| Growth Hormone Therapy | Untreated | ||
Mean ± SD | P-value | Mean ± SD | P-value | ||
| N = 49 | N = 19 | N = 33 | ||
Age [years] | 6.6 ± 1.9 | 6.9 ± 1.8 | 5.8 ± 2.4 | ||
Heart Rate [bpm] | 92.9 ± 9.2 | 96.2 ± 8.9 | n.s. | 97.8 ± 9.5* | 0.0218 |
HR day [bpm] | 104.9 ± 10.7 | 108.2 ± 10.0 | n.s. | 108.4 ± 11.6 | n.s. |
HR night [bpm] | 79.2 ± 9.0 | 82.6 ± 8.7 | n.s. | 83.8 ± 8.9* | 0.0345 |
RMSSD [ms] | 40.3 ± 10.6 | 35.8 ± 11.3 | n.s. | 36.8 ± 8.8 | n.s. |
pNN50 [%] | 21.6 ± 10.2 | 19.4 ± 11.5 | n.s. | 20.4 ± 9.1 | n.s. |
SDNN [ms] | 132.7 ± 32.6 | 123.5 ± 29.3 | n.s. | 115.6 ± 24.6* | 0.0138 |
Total Power [ms2] | 4249 ± 1997 | 4296 ± 1997 | n.s. | 3810 ± 1597 | n.s. |
Very Low Frequency [ms2] | 2229 ± 1235 | 2223 ± 1268 | n.s. | 2074 ± 1161 | n.s. |
Low Frequency [ms2] | 1175 ± 599 | 1173 ± 653 | n.s. | 991 ± 445 | n.s. |
High Frequency [ms2] | 738 ± 290 | 768 ± 695 | n.s. | 639 ± 280 | n.s. |