Heart rate and blood pressure variability in obese normotensive subjects

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 741-750

  Piccirillo, G ^a,b   Vetta, F ^a   Viola, E ^a   Santagada, E ^a   Ronzoni, S ^a   Cacciafesta, M ^a   Marigliano, V ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Hyperinsulinaemia; Hypertension; Obesity; Power spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; OBESITY; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TILTING;

EID: 0031827182     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800650     Document Type: Article

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