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Table 3 Frequency domain indices in the different groups based on the last ECG recording

From: Time and frequency domain analysis of heart rate variability in cattle affected by bovine spongiform encephalopathy

Group a

(N cattle)

LF power [ms2]

Median

(range)

HF power [ms2]

Median

(range)

LF norm

Median

(range)

HF norm

Median

(range)

LF:HF power ratio

Median

(range)

1. Female control (24)

5575.0

(608.2-73164.0)

255.9

(8.6-13019.0)

95.88

(38.49-99.86)

4.12

(0.14-61.51)

23.3

(0.6-697.5)

2. Female negative (35)

2511.0

(117.7-49095.0)

151.0

(0.4-12872.0)

89.76

(49.46-99.92)

10.24

(0.08-50.54)

8.8

(1.0-1198.0)

3. Female positive (19)

2380.0

(394.6-9671.0)

267.9

(3.7-8866.0)

90.73

(35.02-99.36)

9.27

(0.64-64.98)

9.8

(0.5-156.1)

4. Male control (46)

5304.0

(914.2-39518.0)

140.8

(4.1-4037.0)

98.12

(45.44-99.94)

1.88

(0.06-54.56)

52.2

(0.8-837.5)

5. Male negative (270)

5447.0

(154.5-84706.0)

79.6

(3.3-20985.0)

98.58

(46.65-99.97)

1.42

(0.04-53.35)

69.3

(0.9-2856.0)

6. Male positive (27)

6717.0

(1142.0-37547.0)

102.2

(11.3-5229.0)

97.33

(72.72-99.95)

2.68

(0.05-27.28)

36.4

(2.7-1831.0)

P -value (Kruskal-Wallis test)

Significant differences between groups (Dunn's test)

< 0.0001

2 & 4, 5, 6 (**)

3 & 4, 5, 6 (*)

0.0022

None

< 0.0001

2 & 5 (*)

3 & 4 (*), 5 (***)

< 0.0001

2 & 5 (**)

3 & 4 (*), 5 (***)

< 0.0001

2 & 5 (**)

3 & 4 (**), 5 (***)

  1. a Negative: cattle inoculated with tissue/body fluids from BSE/scrapie-challenged or naturally infected BSE cases as well as reported BSE suspects that were negative for BSE by postmortem tests.
  2. Positive: challenged or naturally infected BSE suspects that were positive for BSE by postmortem tests.
  3. Dunn's post test P values are expressed as * (P < 0.05), ** (P < 0.01) and *** (P < 0.001).