Reduced cardiac vagal activity in obese children and adolescents

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 108-113

  Dangardt, Frida ^a   Volkmann, Reinhard ^a   Chen, Yun ^a   Osika, Walter ^a   Mårild, Staffan ^a   Friberg, Peter ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autonomic dysfunction; Baroreflex sensitivity; Cardiovascular; Gender; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VAGUS TONE;

ADOLESCENT; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; SWEDEN; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 79851484250     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2010.00985.x     Document Type: Article

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