A comparative study of heart rate variability (HRV) among adult hypertensive and normotensive subjects in the supine position.

Objectives: To compare heart rate variability (HRV) among adult Hypertensive and Normotensive subjects in supine position.

Methods: It was an analytical cross sectional study conducted on two study groups. The cases (n=60) comprised of outpatients (males and females in the age group 20-50 yrs) attending the Medicine OPD of Medical Collage, Kolkata, who were newly diagnosed as cases of hypertension according to JNC seven criteria while the control group (n=50) comprised of age and sex-matched adult normotensive subjects, who were non-smokers, non-alcoholics and were not suffering from any major cardiac, neurological or chronic illnesses.