Sex differences in cardiac vagal control in a depressed sample: Implications for differential cardiovascular mortality

Biological Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-36

  Chambers, Andrea S ^a   Allen, John J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart period variability; Major depression; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; ATTENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 33947289092     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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