Sex differences in cardiac autonomic function of depressed young adults

Biological Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 179-185

  Garcia, R G ^a,b   Zarruk, J G ^a   Guzman, J C ^c   Barrera, C ^d   Pinzon, A ^d   Trillos, E ^d   Lopez Jaramillo, P ^e   Morillo, C A ^c   Maior, R S ^b   Diaz Quijano, F A ^a   Tomaz, C ^b  

^a FUNDACIÓN CARDIOVASCULAR DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^e Research Institute of the Fundacion Oftalmologica de Santander FOSCAL   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Cardiac autonomic function; Heart rate variability; Major depression; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIAC AUTONOMIC FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC STRESS; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPINE POSITION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUPINE POSITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861008730     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.03.016     Document Type: Article

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