Ethnic differences in heart rate: Can these be explained by conventional cardiovascular risk factors?

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 90-95

  Bathula, Rajaram ^a   Francis, Darrel P ^a   Hughes, Alun ^a   Chaturvedi, Nish ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dysglycaemia; Ethnic differences; Heart rate; Insulin resistance; Sympathovagal

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; REST; RR INTERVAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VAGUS TONE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; BAROREFLEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 43049143859     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-008-0463-2     Document Type: Article

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