Table 4

 Percentage change in heart rate variability associated with an interquartile range change in gaseous pollution exposure

VariableSDNN (ms)RMSSD (ms)PNN50 (%)LFHFR
All models control for subject, temperature, day of week, hour of day, medication use on that day, and time trend.
*24 hour average.
†1 hour average.
O3− 3.1 (−7.0 to 0.9)− 8.5 (−16.6 to 0.3)− 6.5 (−18.9 to 7.8)5.7 (−1.5 to −13.4)
O3*− 1.5 (−5.7 to 2.9)− 2.3 (−11.6 to 7.9)0.9 (−13.4 to 17.6)− 4.8 (−11.8 to 2.7)
SO20.4 (−1.3 to 2.1)1.4 (−2.6 to 5.5)3.8 (−12.1 to 22.5)− 1.2 (−4.2 to 1.8)
SO2*0.4 (−4.2 to 5.1)− 0.3 (−1.3 to 0.8)− 0.2 (20.9 to 17.6)2.9 (−4.9 to 11.4)
NO2− 0.4 (2.1 to −2.9)− 0.9 (−6.3 to 4.9)− 1.2 (−9.5 to 7.9)1.8 (−2.6 to 6.3)
NO2*− 0.7 (−3.5 to 2.3)− 2.3 (−8.7 to 4.4)− 5.5 (−14.7 to 4.6)5.0 (−0.2 to 10.5)
CO†− 2.6 (−5.6 to 0.5)− 3.9 (−10.6 to 3.3)− 3.5 (−13.7 to 8.0)4.5 (−1.2 to 10.5)
CO*− 4.2 (−0.6 to −7.7)− 10.2 (−2.4 to −17. 4)− 14.8 (−3.0 to −25.2)6.2 (−0.6 to 13.4)