Skip to main content

Table 2 Comparison of HRV during Ewing battery tests in patients and their controls

From: Heart rate variability in hyperthyroidism on sub Saharan African patients: a case–control study

Ewing test

Hyperthyroidism patients

Controls

p (Mann–Whitney)

HR response to Valsalva maneuver

1.27 ± 0.15

1.31 ± 0.19

0.65

Heart rate response to deep breathing

11.71 ± 6

11.34 ± 4.74

0.93

Blood pressure response to sustained handgrip

1.17 ± 0.11

1.20 ± 0.1

0.59

Immediate heart rate response to standing

2.67 ± 4.50

3.20 ± 3.01

0.58

Blood pressure to standing

− 5.00 ± 7.13

− 7.40 ± 8.90

0.50