Building reliable normal reference range,
As an interpretation guide for clinical practices
Clinical research team of Medicore Co., Ltd.
Since Medicore Co., Ltd. completed the development of
function of autonomic nervous system, which
the SA-2000, the first HRV analyzer model in 2,000, we,
accelerated various HRV studies to find out the
by organizing the research team from neuropsychiatry,
correlations and clinical value in various conditions and
family medicine and industrial medicine as well as
disease related to ANS regulating function as well as
biomedical engineering of distinguished universities,
mental and physical stress. As a result, now you can
have been committed to finding various clinical
find almost 6,000 HRV papers published in medical
applications and developing appropriate protocols for
practical use as well as continuous technical upgrading
to meet the physicians and researchers’ needs and
Clinical correlates of autonomic dysfunctions
The clinical relevance of HRV was first appreciated in
1965 when Hon and Lee noted that fetal distress was
preceded by alterations in interbeat intervals before any
appreciable change occurred in heart rate itself. And
since the late 1980s when it was first confirmed that
HRV was a strong and independent predictor of
mortality after an acute myocardial infarction, the
clinical importance of HRV has been widely recognized
But applying HRV test in clinical practice as a reliable
in cardiovascular field mainly. And the development of
tool for assessing ANS function and balance has had a
new analysis method ‘power spectral density analysis’
limitation on interpretation of its result (Park 1994,
made it available to study the regulating and balancing
Tsuji 1994, May 1999), since there hasn’t been
satisfactory standard normal reference and even a few
HRV with confidence. Although we decided not to
recent studies on HRV values of healthy individuals
publish full text paper releasing detailed normal values
without cardiovascular diseases were limited to only
in any journal to prevent the commercial misuse for the
time being, it would be our pleasure if you contact us
with any questions or issues for discussion regarding
Now after one year’s case collecting and analysis
new reference and any other HRV information.
process, we’re pleased to announce the completion of
the normal reference range by age and gender based on
3,600 normal individuals’ cases, which has been built by
task force team organized by researchers and MDs from
Biomedical Engineering (Yong-in Song-dam Univ.),
Department of Psychiatry (In-je Baek Univ. hospital),
and Industrial Medicine and Family Medicine (Ul-san
Univ., Bu-san Univ., E-wha Univ. and Han-lim Univ.)
All the HRV analyzer models of Medicore were
developed based on the standards of measurement and
physiological interpretation as well as bio-signal
processing algorithms built by task force of The
European Society of Cardiology and The North
American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology
(1996). Furthermore, regarding the peak detection
algorithm, SA3000P is superior to any other HRV
This study has clinical significances in these points;
although we take the environmental differences among
each country into account, this Korean reference could
play a role of Asian (oriental) HRV reference
considering racial similarity of physical figures and
habitus; the sample size (3,600) of this research is
remarkably enough to be applied as a standard
We hope that the reference applied in our HRV models,
as a reliable and practical interpretation guide, will help
clinical practitioners and health care providers apply
Building HRV norm reference from 3,600 healthy cases
Jong Min Woo, M.D,, Whan Seok Choi, M.D., Ph.D., Kee Sam Jeong, Ph.D,
Department of Psychiatry, In-je Beak Hospital,
Department of Industrial Medicine, Han-lim University Hospital, Ul-san University Hospital, Bu-san University Hospital, In-
cheon University Hospital, E-wha University Hospital
Health check center, A-ju University Hospital, Kang-buk Sam-sung University Hospital, Yeon-sei University Hospital
Department of biomedical engineering, Yong-in Song-dam University
Background
This study was conducted (1) to build the reliable standard reference of HRV by age and gender by
analyzing 3,600 healthy individuals’ cases, (2) to clarify the correlation between various HRV parameters
and stress responses individual experiences by investigating demographic, social and occupational
factors and (3) to lay the foundation for development of standardized interpretational guide and protocols
for HRV test, which will be used in industrial worker’s health check.
We conducted this study from December, 2001 to October 2003. The healthy subjects’ HRV values
(SDNN, RMSSD, PSI, APEN, SRD, TSRD, TP, VLF, LF, HF, LF norm, HR norm, LF/HF ratio, etc.)
measured by SA3000P(5-minute HRV analyzer of Medicore Co., Ltd.) were collected from 5 general
health check centers in university hospitals and 5 health checkups of work places. Subjects with present
cardiac disease (hypertension, coronary artery disease, arrhythmia and heart failure) or its past history,
abnormal ECG wave (ex. Abnormal Q wave, WPW syndrome and others), cardiac hypertrophy detected
by ECG and chest X-ray and excessive abnormal RR interval (over 10%) were eliminated from normal
group. Before the measurement, time for adjusting to the environment was allowed. Potential effects from
posture, intake of food, caffeine and drugs, smoking, illumination, respiration were controlled by the
Each HRV parameter’s normal value has been established. (Proprietary data until published, all the reference data were applied to HRV models of MEDICORE)
HRV values showed significant correlation with risk factors of geriatric diseases and present
geriatric disease, which means that HRV can be used to evaluate the risk factor of health
HRV showed significant correlation with job stress, individuals’ subjective stress experiences and
fatigue and more in-depth study is needed.
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