Removing the covariates from a respective model did not change the pattern of significance. BMI, body mass index.
| Autonomic markers | ||||||
| AA | HR | HF-HRV | ||||
| Fixed effects | ||||||
| F (df) | P | F (df) | P | F (df) | P | |
| Intercept (peak) | ||||||
| Intercept | 29132.77 (367) | ≤0.001 | 317646.14 (371) | ≤0.001 | 5253.12 (433) | ≤0.001 |
| Group | 0.91 (368) | >0.400 | 0.98 (374) | >0.400 | 1.79 (436) | >0.100 |
| Baseline | 321.53 (368) | ≤0.001 | 230.68 (374) | ≤0.001 | 101.47 (417) | ≤0.001 |
| Sex | 5.79 (299) | 0.017 | 1.72 (257) | >0.100 | 5.98 (251) | 0.015 |
| Age | 0.46 (298) | >0.400 | 2.12 (258) | >0.100 | 8.47 (252) | 0.004 |
| BMI | 2.15 (298) | >0.100 | 0.38 (258) | >0.500 | 0.22 (252) | >0.600 |
| Recovery slope | ||||||
| Intercept | 360.90 (369) | ≤0.001 | 938.89 (254) | ≤0.001 | 26.96 (250) | ≤0.001 |
| Group | 1.92 (369) | >0.100 | 0.67 (254) | >0.600 | 1.33 (250) | >0.200 |
| Baseline | 1.41 (373) | >0.200 | 0.05 (258) | >0.800 | 2.87 (249) | 0.091 |
| Random effects | ||||||
| Estimate (SE) | Estimate (SE) | Estimate (SE) | ||||
| Subject | 0.18 (0.02) | 0.009 (0.001) | 0.43 (0.08) | |||
| Recovery slope | ≤0.001 (≤0.001) | No variance; excluded | No variance; excluded | |||
| Immune markers | ||||||
| hsCRP | IL-6 | |||||
| Fixed effects | ||||||
| F (df) | P | F (df) | P | |||
| Intercept (peak) | ||||||
| Intercept | 1160.07 (469) | ≤0.001 | <0.01 (1) | >0.900 | ||
| Group | 0.64 (473) | >0.600 | 0.43 (4) | >0.700 | ||
| Baseline | 27503.27 (452) | ≤0.001 | 260.49 (1) | ≤0.001 | ||
| Sex | 0.36 (283) | >0.500 | 7.07 (1) | 0.008 | ||
| Age | 3.69 (284) | 0.056 | 0.02 (1) | >0.900 | ||
| BMI | 1.09 (284) | >0.200 | 2.04 (1) | >0.100 | ||
| Recovery slope | ||||||
| Intercept | 55.34 (281) | ≤0.001 | ||||
| Group | 0.74 (281) | >0.500 | ||||
| Baseline | 0.11 (282) | >0.700 | ||||
| Random effects | ||||||
| Estimate (SE) | ||||||
| Subject | 0.004 (≤0.001) | |||||
| Recovery slope | No variance; excluded | |||||