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211 Figure5.51 LF partial coherence of COPD (1-47) and normal (48-55) subjects. Figure 5.52 HF partial coherence of COPD (1-47) and normal (48-55) subjects.

212 For better presentation of the cross-spectral data, a descriptive statistical analysis is performed. The statistical analysis of coherence and partial coherence for both normal and COPD subjects is summarized in table 5.3.1. From this table, the mean weighted coherence and partial coherence values are plotted as shown in figure 5.53. From this figure, both the coherence and partial coherences in the LF range of normal subjects are almost double the values of COPD subjects. In the HF range, only the coherence and partial coherence values between HR & Rsp of normal are significantly higher than COPD subjects. These observations may indicate that heart rates in normal subjects are affected by respiration a lot more than COPD subjects. With much higher coherence/partial coherence in the LF range, both the sympathetic and parasympathetic activities of the ANS contribute much more to variation in heart rate of normal subjects than COPD subjects. Figure 5.53 also shows higher coherence and partial coherence values between BP and respiration of COPD subjects in the HF range than those of normal subjects. This may be due to a more dominant coupling effect of the respiration signal on the blood pressure in COPD subjects while this phenomenon is absent in the normal population. Since COPD subjects breathe faster and more shallow, with the coupling effect of respiration on blood pressure, it causes the blood pressure to have less variability which in turn causes less changes in heart rate variability in COPD subjects.

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Figure5.51 LF partial coherence <strong>of</strong> COPD (1-47) and normal (48-55) subjects.<br />

Figure 5.52 HF partial coherence <strong>of</strong> COPD (1-47) and normal (48-55) subjects.

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