Cardiac autonomic control and the effects of age, race, and sex: The CARDIA study

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 78-85

  Sloan, Richard P ^a,b,c   Huang, Mei Hua ^d   McCreath, Heather ^d   Sidney, Stephen ^e   Liu, Kiang ^f   Dale Williams, O ^g   Seeman, Teresa ^d  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Community study; Parasympathetic nervous system; Race; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RR INTERVAL; SEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 41149104787     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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