Heart rate variability in healthy subjects is related to age and gender

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 235-241

  Jensen Urstad, K ^a   Storck, N ^a   Bouvier, F ^a   Ericson, M ^b   Lindblad, L E ^a   Jensen Urstad, M ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Heart rate variability; Human; Normal values; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTROSCOPY; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0030848077     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1997.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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