Heart rate variability in adolescents: Relations to physical activity, fitness, and adiposity

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1856-1863

  Gutin, Bernard ^a   Howe, Cheryl A ^a   Johnson, Maribeth H ^a   Humphries, Matthew C ^a   Snieder, Harold ^a   Barbeau, Paule ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac autonomic modulation; Cardiovascular health; Exercise; Percent body fat; Race; Visceral adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 28044457949     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000175867.98628.27     Document Type: Article

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