Aging reduces complexity of heart rate variability assessed by conditional entropy and symbolic analysis

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 229-235

  Takahashi, Anielle C M ^a   Porta, Alberto ^b   Melo, Ruth C ^a,c   Quitério, Robison J ^a,d   da Silva, Ester ^a,e   Borghi Silva, Audrey ^a   Tobaldini, Eleonora ^f   Montano, Nicola ^f   Catai, Aparecida M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^e METHODIST UNIVERSITY OF PIRACICABA   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Conditional entropy; Heart rate variability; Nonlinear analysis; Symbolic analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENTROPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENTROPY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RISK; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862231942     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-011-0512-z     Document Type: Article

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