Gender differences in the relationship between depression and cardiac autonomic function among community elderly

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 314-322

  Chen, Hsi Chung ^a,b   Yang, Cheryl C H ^a   Kuo, Terry B J ^a   Su, Tung Ping ^a,c   Chou, Pesus ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Gender difference; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VAGUS TONE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TAIWAN;

EID: 76649104041     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2341     Document Type: Article

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