Heart rate variability from short electrocardiographic recordings predicts mortality from all causes in middle-aged and elderly men. The Zutphen Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 899-908

  Dekker, Jacqueline M ^a,e   Schouten, Evert G ^a   Klootwijk, Peter ^b   Pool, Jan ^b   Swenne, Cees A ^c   Kromhout, Daan ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

aged; autonomic nervous system; electrocardiography; heart rate; men; middle age; mortality; population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FITNESS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030919661     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009049     Document Type: Article

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