Quantifying Heartbeat Dynamics by Magnitude and Sign Correlations

Plamen Ch Ivanov, Yosef Ashkenazy, Jan W. Kantelhardt, H. Eugene Stanley

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Abstract

We review a recently developed approach for analyzing time series with long-range correlations by decomposing the signal increment series into magnitude and sign series and analyzing their scaling properties. We show that time series with identical long-range correlations can exhibit different time organization for the magnitude and sign. We apply our approach to series of time intervals between consecutive heartbeats. Using the detrended fluctuation analysis method we find that the magnitude series is long-range correlated, while the sign series is anticorrelated and that both magnitude and sign series may have clinical applications. Further, we study the heartbeat magnitude and sign series during different sleep stages-light sleep, deep sleep, and REM sleep. For the heartbeat sign time series we find short-range anticorrelations, which are strong during deep sleep, weaker during light sleep and even weaker during REM sleep. In contrast, for the heartbeat magnitude time series we find long-range positive correlations, which are strong during REM sleep and weaker during light sleep. Thus, the sign and the magnitude series provide information which is also useful for distinguishing between different sleep stages.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUnsolved Problems of Noise and Fluctuations, UPoN 2002
Subtitle of host publication3rd International Conference on Unsolved Problems of Noise and Fluctuations in Physics, Biology, and High Technology
EditorsSergey M. Bezrukov
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
Pages383-391
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)0735401276
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 May 2003
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd International Conference on Unsolved Problems of Noise and Fluctuations in Physics, Biology, and High Technology, UPoN 2002 - Washington, United States
Duration: 3 Sep 20026 Sep 2002

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume665
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference3rd International Conference on Unsolved Problems of Noise and Fluctuations in Physics, Biology, and High Technology, UPoN 2002
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWashington
Period3/09/026/09/02

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy (all)

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